Case Study: State of Maryland achieves statewide energy savings and transparency with EnergyCAP

EmPOWERed to Save Utility Data Enables State Government Stakeholders to Compete for Savings

The State of Maryland faced a complex, decentralized energy-management challenge — 124 utility vendors, 58 state agencies and more than 120 accounts-payable offices — while needing to meet the EmPOWER Maryland Energy Efficiency Act (a 15% per capita electricity-use reduction by 2015 from a 2007/2008 baseline). To centralize measurement and accountability, the State acquired EnergyCAP’s energy management software (the State Energy Database) in 2008 to collect and organize utility data across thousands of meters and facilities.

Using EnergyCAP, the Department of General Services centralized 8,695 electric meters and more than 5,000 tracked places, enabled agency benchmarking and a public-facing database, and supported automated bill auditing (with BITHENERGY), purchasing strategies, demand-response participation, and performance-contract verification. EnergyCAP helped the State track baselines and drive competition and transparency, contributing to 21 energy performance contracts saving $21.3M annually (estimated $310M life‑cycle), documented FY2013 taxpayer savings of $9.6M on electricity and $7.1M on gas, recovery of a $91,000 billing error, and nearly $973K in demand‑response payments, putting Maryland on track to meet its 15% reduction goal.

State of Maryland

Alvin Collins

DGS Secretary