ARLINGTON, VA—Pepco Energy Services, a subsidiary of Pepco Holdings Inc. and a supplier of renewable electricity in the Mid-Atlantic region, announced that it has been awarded a contract to supply wind power to The Fairmont Washington, D.C.
The three-year contract calls for Pepco Energy Services to supply the 415- room Fairmont Hotel with more than 3 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity generated from renewable resources. Beginning in March 2007, 10 percent of the energy will come from wind farms located in the Mid-Atlantic region.
“Pepco Energy Services is pleased to be supplying environmentally friendly wind energy to The Fairmont Washington, D.C.,” says John Huffman, c.o.o. of Pepco Energy Services.
Pepco Energy Services currently supplies 100 percent renewable resources to the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island and the Ellis Island Immigration Museum on Ellis Island, as well as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters, located in Washington, D.C.
Fairmont Hotels & Resorts has been a dedicated environmental steward since 1990 with the development of its comprehensive Green Partnership program. It is designed to minimize each hotel’s operating impact on the environment.
