enelx.com/northamerica Customer Spotlight: Industrial Mineral Supplier Earns Demand Response Payments Without Affecting Mining and Processing Operations enelx.com/northamerica The Big Picture U.S. Silica is a major supplier of silica, a key industrial mineral used in a wide range of products, from roofing materials to ceramic plumbing fixtures to floor tiles. The company mines silica at multiple locations in the U.S., and then processes the raw material to meet exacting customer specifications. In 2008, one of U.S. Silica’s facilities in Jackson, Tennessee began exploring demand response (DR) as a strategy for reducing its energy costs, demonstrating the company’s commitment to the environment, and supporting its tight-knit community. U.S. Silica decided to make the TVA-Enel

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