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OUC Iniatives

  • SOLAR CITY: OUC, the City of Orlando and Orange County teamed up to make Orlando a Solar City. Through this partnership, OUC, the city and county will develop a strategic energy plan with the goal of increasing the use of solar technology and the amount of renewable energy in Central Florida.

  • SOLAR PARTNERSHIP: OUC and Orange County are partnering on a one-megawatt rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) system that will be built atop the Orange County Convention Center. The largest solar array in the southeast is expected to produce between 1,300 and 1,500 megawatt hours each year, or enough to produce power for about 80 to 100 homes.

  • LANDFILL GAS: OUC and Orange County have been turning trash into treasure with landfill gas since 1998. This program powers the equivalent of more than 8,000 homes a year while helping reduce landfill greenhouse gas emissions.

  • BIODIESEL: OUC uses biodiesel in many of its fleet vehicles, and OUC recently partnered with the Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority (LYNX) and Orange County on LYNX’s new biodiesel blending facility.

  • SOLAR PROGRAMS: OUC offers solar photovoltaic (PV) and solar thermal programs that help eliminate the upfront costs of solar for customers. OUC also purchases the renewable energy credits, or RECs, associated with the PV systems and pays the customer 5 cents per kilowatt hour for the total electricity they produce.
  • CONSERVATION: OUC offers a number of customer-oriented energy conservation programs, including in-person and online home energy efficiency audits, rebates for energy efficiency upgrades and a Home Energy Fix-Up Program designed to assist low-income families.

  • LEED BUILDING: OUC’s new administration and customer service center, which opened in November 2008, is the Greenest Building in Downtown Orlando when it opens this fall. This building is designed with solar electric, solar hot water and rain water collection for irrigation. It was designed and built to meet the requirements for LEED Gold Certification.

  • HYBRID AND PLUG-IN TECHNOLOGY: OUC has incorporated 12 hybrids into our fleet. OUC conservation specialists drive hybrids when conducting home energy audits for customers.