GAHANNA, Ohio, March 26, 2015 – AEP Ohio, a unit of American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP), in partnership with Advanced Energy, has launched a new energy efficiency program for electric motor rewinds.

The Emotor Rewind Pilot Program promotes energy efficient rewinds for small to large companies in the industrial/manufacturing sector and provides incentives to customers and motor service centers. The program covers three-phase induction motors rated from 300 to 5,000 horsepower (HP). This program can eliminate 0.5 to 2 percent efficiency loss for a typical rewind. This can equate to an annual energy savings of 5,900 kilowatt-hours (kWh) to 116,000 kWh, depending on the motor size. An efficient motor rewind also provides for cooler operation of the motor resulting in a longer motor life.

AEP Ohio customers located in Ohio will receive $2 per HP and certified motor service centers will receive $1 per HP.

“According to the U.S. Department of Energy, over half of all electrical energy consumed in the United States is used by electric motors,” said Richard Sullivan, PE CEM CEP, principle coordinator for AEP Ohio’s Custom Energy Efficiency Program. “We saw the opportunity to help the manufacturing/industrial sector reduce inefficient energy consumption as well as its carbon footprint.”

The first two companies to receive Emotor Rewind Pilot Program certification are Hannon Electric Company (Canton, Ohio) and Electric Motor & Service Company (Zanesville, Ohio). Motor service centers must be certified by Advanced Energy.

“Quality motor repair offers opportunities for significant energy savings and reliability benefits,” said Kitt Butler, senior program manager, motors and drives, Advanced Energy.  “Having a utility like AEP Ohio recognize and reward quality motor repair is a giant step in the right direction.  We are very pleased to be a part of that.”

More program information and the program application can be found here https://aepohio.com/save/business/programs/EmotorRewindProgram.aspx. You also may contact Rick Sullivan of AEP Ohio’s Energy Efficiency Business Programs at 330-438-7825 or rwsullivan@aep.com.

AEP Ohio provides electricity to nearly 1.5 million customers of major AEP subsidiary Ohio Power Company in Ohio. AEP Ohio is based in Gahanna, Ohio, and is a unit of American Electric Power. News and information about AEP Ohio can be found at aepohio.com.

American Electric Power is one of the largest electric utilities in the United States, delivering electricity to more than 5 million customers in 11 states. AEP ranks among the nation’s largest generators of electricity, owning nearly 38,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the U.S. AEP also owns the nation’s largest electricity transmission system, a more than 40,000-mile network that includes more 765-kilovolt extra-high voltage transmission lines than all other U.S. transmission systems combined. AEP’s transmission system directly or indirectly serves about 10 percent of the electricity demand in the Eastern Interconnection, the interconnected transmission system that covers 38 eastern and central U.S. states and eastern Canada, and approximately 11 percent of the electricity demand in ERCOT, the transmission system that covers much of Texas. AEP’s utility units operate as AEP Ohio, AEP Texas, Appalachian Power (in Virginia and West Virginia), AEP Appalachian Power (in Tennessee), Indiana Michigan Power, Kentucky Power, Public Service Company of Oklahoma, and Southwestern Electric Power Company (in Arkansas, Louisiana and east and north Texas). AEP’s headquarters are in Columbus, Ohio. News releases and other information about AEP can be found at aep.com.

About Advanced Energy

Headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., Advanced Energy (www.advancedenergy.org) is a planning, technical and engineering services firm that provides market-based energy solutions. Advanced Energy works with electric utilities, state, federal and local governments, manufacturers, and a wide variety of public and private partners. Advanced Energy offers program design and implementation, consulting, training testing and research to provide market-based energy-related solutions to our five markets: Buildings, Industrial, Motors and Drives, Renewables and Transportation. The company's Motors and Drives team offers expert testing, consulting and training for motor driven systems from its internationally accredited test lab.

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