Monarch Cement
Utility Health Check
Company
Monarch Cement
Type of Facility
Manufacturer
Location
16 locations in the Midwest
Methodology
Utility Health Check
The Monarch Cement Company has produced the highest quality cement for its customers in the Midwest for over nine decades. Today Monarch serves all or parts of Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma from the Humboldt plant as well as Monarch's terminals in Des Moines, Iowa and Dodge City, Kansas.
The problem
Monarch had just undergone a state audit and reducing overhead expenses became a major priority. They wanted another set of eyes to see if there were ways to reduce its energy expenses.
How we solved it
Vurge audited all of the Monarch facilities and subsidiaries. There were over a dozen opportunities related to sales tax exemptions, electric and natural gas rates, and power factor correction. Vurge collaborated with Monarch in establishing an improved way to nominate gas usage and championed many other projects to achieve costs savings and refunds.
$580,828
Net Savings To-Date*
*Net Savings is total after Vurge fee
