Reducing Demand Charges to Fight Hunger: Food Bank’s Savings Equal 150,000 More Meals The Roadrunner Food Bank in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is a nonprofit feeding about 70,000 people a week. The food bank was paying an average of $180,000 per year in utility bills, with an estimated 30 percent going toward demand charges. With a load profile typical of a warehouse facility, several of their commercial-grade appliances would trigger expensive demand spikes, driving up the non-profit’s utility bill. To help Roadrunner, local installer Affordable Solar donated a 5.7 kW solar array for the facility. The food bank then received a grant and donations to expand the array to cover the entire roof. They also paired the new solar system with a 60 kW/81 kWh NantEnergy SmartStorage® system, t

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