New biomass facility to open June 2017 will
create 100% of steam needed to run one of P&G’s largest paper
manufacturing facilities
The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) and Constellation, a
subsidiary of Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC), gathered with city,
county and state officials today to celebrate the development of an
up to 50-megawatt biomass plant that will help run one of P&G’s
largest U.S. manufacturing facilities. Scheduled to begin
commercial operation in June 2017, the plant will provide 100
percent of the steam, and up to 60-70 percent of the total energy
used to manufacture Bounty paper towels and Charmin toilet tissue
at P&G’s Albany, Ga., facility.
Constellation will build, own and operate the $200 million
cogeneration plant, which in addition to supplying steam to the
P&G facility, will generate electricity for the local utility,
Georgia Power.
Representatives from P&G, Constellation and Georgia Power
thanked the community for its support of the project, which they
described as a win for the community, shoppers who choose Bounty
and Charmin products, and each of the partners. Albany Mayor
Dorothy Hubbard, and members of the Albany-Dougherty Economic
Development Commission commended P&G - a local business for
more than 40-years – and Constellation for providing renewable
energy and jobs to the community. Construction activities are
expected to create up to 500 new jobs over the next two years, with
an additional 50 to 70 permanent local jobs for ongoing operations
once the plant is built.
The biomass plant will significantly increase P&G’s use of
renewable energy, helping get the company nearly halfway to its
2020 goal of obtaining 30 percent of its total energy from
renewable sources. Currently, eight percent of P&G energy comes
from renewable sources around the world powered by wind, solar and
geothermal.
Constellation is currently under contract to sell 42 MW of
capacity and energy from the 50 MW facility to Georgia Power, which
purchases the energy at or below Georgia Power’s avoided cost. The
project also included collaboration with the Albany-Dougherty
Payroll Development Authority and ongoing support from the Georgia
Public Service Commission. DCO Energy will hold a minority stake in
the project and provide engineering, procurement and construction
services for the project. Constellation’s affiliate, Exelon
Generation, will operate and maintain the plant. Sterling Energy
Assets worked with Constellation to develop the project.
Tours of the facility showcased the existing 30-year old P&G
boiler, which provides 30 percent of the total energy at the plant
and saves on average $3 million a year compared to natural gas
costs. The new plant will more than double the current total energy
output and will be fueled from biomass that would otherwise have
been left to decay, burned, or potentially sent to landfill.
P&G worked with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to create
sustainable fuel supply “procurement standards,” which complement
P&G’s responsible wood fiber procurement policy for its tissue,
towel and absorbent hygiene business, as well as Constellation’s
commitment to energy options for customers that benefit the
environment.
Partner Quotes
Mary Lynn Ferguson-McHugh, Group President, Global Family
Care:
“At P&G, we are committed to improving the environmental
sustainability of our products across all aspects of their life
cycle – from manufacturing, packaging, delivery and consumer use.
As this project enables us to operate one of our largest global
plants with a renewable energy source, it will reduce the
environmental footprint of two leading brands, Bounty and Charmin.
We see this as a win for our business, consumers, partners and the
environment.”
Gary Fromer, Senior Vice President, Distributed Energy,
Constellation:
“Constellation is uniquely positioned to help support Procter
& Gamble’s renewable energy goals because of our leadership in
both retail energy supply and distributed generation. Increasingly,
our customers are looking for comprehensive energy options that
enhance operational efficiencies and sustainability. Constellation
can deliver innovative, clean energy solutions that drive value for
our customers.”
Suzanne Apple, SVP, Private Sector Engagement at World
Wildlife Fund:
“We applaud P&G’s efforts to support renewable energy as
part of its commitment to sustainability and for prioritizing
responsible sourcing of inputs as an essential element of the
project. WWF and P&G have been working together for over four
years on sustainable business practices, including the company’s
emissions reductions and renewable energy.”
Norrie McKenzie, Vice President of Renewable Development for
Georgia Power:
“We’re committed to working with our customers, including
leading Georgia businesses such as Procter & Gamble, to create
new avenues for renewable energy innovation. The Albany project is
a perfect illustration of this continued effort.”
Dorothy Hubbard, Albany Mayor; Chair of the Albany-Dougherty
Payroll Development Authority:
”We are proud to be part of a project that will help shape the
sustainable use of biomass energy, and that has such an impact for
Procter & Gamble and for Albany, who have a more than 40-year
relationship. This project will strengthen Albany’s Procter &
Gamble facility and create jobs and business opportunities for
Albany and Southwest Georgia.”
About Procter & Gamble
P&G serves nearly five billion people around the world with
its brands. The Company has one of the strongest portfolios of
trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Always®, Ambi Pur®,
Ariel®, Bounty®, Charmin®, Crest®, Dawn®, Downy®, Fairy®, Febreze®,
Gain®, Gillette®, Head & Shoulders®, Lenor®, Olay®, Oral-B®,
Pampers®, Pantene®, SK-II®, Tide®, Vicks®, Wella® and Whisper®. The
P&G community includes operations in approximately 70 countries
worldwide. Please visit http://www.pg.com for the latest news and
in-depth information about P&G and its brands. Learn more about
P&G’s sustainability goals at:
http://www.pg.com/sustainability.
About Constellation
Constellation is a leading competitive retail supplier of power,
natural gas and energy products and services for homes and
businesses across the continental United States. Constellation's
family of retail businesses serves more than 2.5 million
residential, public sector and business customers, including more
than two-thirds of the Fortune 100. Baltimore-based Constellation
is a subsidiary of Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC), the nation’s
leading competitive energy provider, with 2014 revenues of
approximately $27.4 billion, and more than 32,500 megawatts of
owned capacity comprising one of the nation’s cleanest and
lowest-cost power generation fleets. Learn more at
www.constellation.com or on Twitter at @ConstellationEG.
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