National Grid Helps Quad/Graphics Boost Productivity While Reducing Energy Usage, Costs

Although energy efficiency measures are often thought of as a way for residential customers to save on cost, the same principles apply to larger, commercial customers.

Recently, Quad/Graphics in Saratoga Springs took advantage of National Grid’s Energy Efficiency Incentive program and installed equipment that will not only boost production at the facility but it will also save more than 4.3 million kilowatt hours of electricity. That’s about the equivalent savings of taking about 380 homes off the electric grid for an entire year. In dollars and cents this upgrade will save Quad/Graphics more than $380,000 a year in energy costs while helping it increase production to stay competitive.

National Grid provided $1.1 million to Quad/Graphics to install a more efficient printing press that replaced two older presses and has increased production by more than 60 percent. This incentive is the second largest single incentive provided by the upstate New York program since its start in 2009. In December of last year, National Grid provided its largest incentive to Finch Paper in Glens Falls totaling $1.8 million.

“These incentives provide needed funding,” said National Grid Regional Director William Flaherty. “They provide economic incentives to continue to grow business in the greater Capital Region. National Grid is in the energy business, but it’s important to use that energy as efficiently as possible. That goal helps us provide needed energy, makes businesses more efficient and productive, and saves on costs.”

Dan Frankowski, Plant Director for Quad/Graphics’ Saratoga Springs facility said, “Quad/Graphics has been a proud member of the Saratoga Springs business community for more than 30 years, and this incentive helps support ongoing, strategic investments in our people and operations here. With recent and anticipated growth, we look to bring aboard an additional 50 employees immediately, bringing total employment in the plant to more than 850 individuals.”

This National Grid program is part of the company’s significant portfolio of programs designed to help businesses manage their energy costs and take advantage of new technologies in energy efficiency.