Lower power costs at every plant and on every truck.
17 Ways engineers and supplies equipment that cuts what industrial operators pay for power. We prove the savings at one site, then roll them out across your whole operation. The savings go straight to EBITDA.
It starts with one month of bills. First read in 48 hours.
Meter A
76% power factor
18.0¢ per kWh
Meter B
99.8% power factor
5.5¢ per kWh
Meter A used half the energy and paid more than three times as much per kWh.
What we do
Two ways to take cost out of the power you already use, engineered for your site by our own team.
Power factor correction
For plants, quarries, warehouses, and campuses
Crushers, conveyors, chillers, and compressors draw power that does no useful work but still shows up on your bill as higher demand charges and penalties. Our equipment corrects it at the source, lowering those charges every month and easing the strain on motors and drives.
Engineered and supplied by Strategic Power Solutions, a 17 Ways company.
Free assessment. Typical payback of 10 to 18 months.
Fleet power conditioning
For grocers, distributors, and refrigerated fleets
The generators on refrigerated trailers burn diesel around the clock. Our power-conditioning unit steadies the power they deliver, targeting roughly 2.5 gallons of diesel saved per trailer per day.
Across hundreds or thousands of trailers, that adds up to a real line on the fuel budget.
Starts with a pilot on a set of your trailers.
Part of every engagement
Bill review
We check your utility bills for billing errors and recover refunds on contingency. You pay nothing unless we recover money.
Demand response
If your facility can ease off its load during grid peaks, programs will pay you for that flexibility. We check eligibility from your bills.
How an engagement works
One team takes you from the first bill to the equipment running at your site.
1Send your bills
One month of utility bills shows us where the savings are likely to be. First read in 48 hours.
2Site assessment
Our engineers visit your facility and measure how your equipment actually draws power.
3Written proposal
You get the savings, the investment, the payback period, and the carbon reduction, in writing.
4Equipment for your site
We supply equipment specified for your facility. Savings start once it's in service.
5Results on your bills
Your next bills show the change, so the savings are easy to verify.
One site first. Then every site.
Most of our work starts with a single facility or a small set of trailers. Once the savings show up on your own bills, the case for the rest of the operation makes itself.
For private equity operating partners and multi-site operators, that means one program, run the same way at every plant and every portfolio company.
- PilotOne plant or a set of trailers, chosen where the savings case is strongest.
- ProofSavings measured on your own bills, not on a spec sheet.
- RolloutThe same approach, applied across every site in your operation.
Results
We keep client names private. The results speak for themselves.
| Client | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Kentucky aggregates producer | Power factor correction and bill review | $212,000 a year in savings with a 13-month payback, plus about $280,000 in billing refunds |
| Industrial manufacturer | Power factor correction | Payback in under 10 months |
| Commercial real estate | Power factor correction | $199,000 in five-year savings on $33,000 of equipment |
| Ohio hospital system | Bill review | Nearly $1 million in billing errors recovered |
One vendor, three results on the same project.
UN Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth
Lower operating cost
Lower demand charges and fuel costs flow straight to EBITDA, month after month.
UN Goal 13: Climate action
Documented carbon reduction
Every proposal quantifies the carbon reduction, ready for your Scope 2 reporting and your customers' sustainability requirements.
UN Goal 5: Gender equality
Supplier diversity credit
17 Ways is a WBENC-certified women-owned business, so spend with us can count toward your diverse-supplier goals.
Where we work
- ManufacturingMotor-heavy lines and demand charges that outweigh the energy line.
- Aggregates and miningCrushers and conveyors, often with steep power factor penalties.
- Grocery and distributionCold storage, warehouses, and refrigerated fleets.
- Hospitals and campusesChillers, pumps, and air handlers running around the clock.
- Government and municipalWater treatment, pumping stations, and large building portfolios.
- Data centersVery large power draws and heavy cooling loads.
Accountable from first bill to real savings.
Because Strategic Power Solutions is part of 17 Ways, the engineers who assess your site are the same team that specifies your equipment and stands behind the savings in your proposal. There's no hand-off between a consultant who makes promises and a supplier who has to keep them.
Why we're called 17 Ways
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In 2015 the United Nations set 17 Sustainable Development Goals as a shared plan for a better world. We named the company after them because we believe business, done right, is one of the most powerful ways to make progress on each one. We start with energy: affordable and clean power (Goal 7) and climate action (Goal 13).
Anne Chambers, Principal
Anne started in brand marketing at P&G, then built and ran the Cincinnati agency Red212. She holds NYU Stern's certification in corporate sustainability and serves on Gridiron Capital's Board of Business Executives.
Request a site assessment.
Tell us about your operation. We'll reply within 24 hours and ask for one month of utility bills, which is enough to see where the savings are and whether a site visit makes sense.
Have your bills handy? Email them to bills@17ways.co.
Or call (513) 328-6775.