PaceControls and PPL Energy Services Agree to Partner

Oct. 22, 2009 - PRLog -- PaceControls and H.T. Lyons, a full-service design, construction, maintenance, and energy services subsidiary of PPL Energy Services, have agreed to partner in distribution and installation of PaceControls energy efficiency retrofits for heating and cooling equipment.

Operating in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, H.T. Lyons specializes in turnkey, design/build construction services, energy audits and engineering, preventive maintenance services, automatic temperature controls, commissioning and retro-commissioning, and NEBB-certified air and hydronic balancing.  Lyons is an operating company of PPL Energy Services, which provides similar services throughout the Northeastern U.S., from Maine to Maryland.  PPL Energy Services is a subsidiary of electric utility PPL Corporation , which controls or owns over 12,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the U.S., and delivers electricity to about 4 million customers in Pennsylvania and the United Kingdom.

“H.T. Lyons and PPL Energy Services are great partners.  Their focus on cost-effectiveness and a whole-system perspective are very much in synch with our approach,” said Tom Mills, PaceControls’ President.  “Our product line is eligible for energy efficiency incentives in New Jersey and nationally, as well as new Pennsylvania incentives that phase in January 2010.  We’re also working with PPL Energy Services in other regions, and look forward to doing a lot more with them.”


About PaceControls
PaceControls, an ENERGY STAR Partner, develops and manufactures eco-smart, easy-to-install, energy-saving HVACR solutions.  Designed for a wide variety of commercial, industrial and residential heating, cooling and refrigeration equipment, PaceControls technology is a highly flexible retrofit solution.  The patented technology establishes optimal run times for compressors and burner units, “pacing” the equipment’s consumption of electricity, natural gas, fuel oil or propane saving 10 to 20 percent or more on energy bills.  A typical payback for a project ranges from just one to three years.  The technology — designed and refined with significant input from the HVACR maintenance industry and equipment manufacturers — complies with all accepted industry standards for control equipment.  PaceControls products have proven successful in thousands of installations, including hundreds installed by electric utilities under demand side management programs.

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