Funding facility improvements and energy conservation with existing budget dollars

Government agencies spend more than $10 billion annually on energy to provide essential public services, including water, wastewater, and traffic and street lighting systems. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that nearly one-third of the energy used to run typical government buildings is wasted. Yet, budget constraints force facility and energy managers to defer maintenance and upgrades of aging, inefficient energy infrastructures or cut operational headcounts to pay for the investment.

For more than three decades, OpTerra has provided comprehensive energy service solutions to state and local governments, helping them cost-effectively maintain, improve, and augment aging infrastructures. Our experienced engineers identify current energy-related expenses, design solutions that reduce those expenses, and show facility managers how to use the achieved savings to finance the required investment within existing budgets. Additionally, our solutions increase occupant comfort and productivity, while decreasing carbon footprints.

We specialize in a variety of financing and contracting solutions to enable investments in energy efficiency and onsite generation – at low or no upfront cost for our government customers. We are well versed at identifying viable financing structures and investment incentives to help our government customers achieve the best possible return on investment. Options may include:

• Bank loans
• Tax-exempt bonds and leases
• Incentives and on-bill loans from utilities
• Federal, state and local investment incentives and grants
• Power purchase agreements