Esco signing

V.I. Hospitals Receiving Energy Audits and Upgrades

Gov. John P. de Jongh, Jr gets information from FPL Energy Services Inc at Government House on St. Thomas

The work done by the energy savings company at the hospitals will be monitored by the Virgin Islands Energy Office

Gov. de Jongh, left, Theresa Sanders, center, Energy Office Director Karl Knight, right. Sanders will oversee the project for the Energy Office.

Gov. Juan F. Luis Hospital and the Roy Lester Schneider Hospital chief executive officers Dr. Kendall Griffith and Dr. Bernard Wheatley attended the contract signing. Above is Griffith seated.

The Virgin Islands government is already saving a million dollars a year on utility bills through the implementation of an energy-savings contract for the Department of Education. Officials hope that this latest contract signed on Jan. 22. 2014 will result even more savings than that. The industrial-grade energy audit which will determine what measures will be taken at the hospital was to begin the week following the contract signing.