Ever-Green’s Role

Since 1997, Ever-Green has served as the system operation, maintenance, and management team for EPUC. Ever-Green is responsible for maintaining the highest possible level of reliability to the EPUC customer base, which includes mission-critical data centers and also manages customer service, metering, billing, capital planning, and maintenance for the system.

In 2014, our team also led the conversion of the two-pipe distribution system to a four-pipe system to better serve the heating and cooling needs of the customer base. Throughout that project, Ever-Green led the development of financing packages, extension of customer contracts, pre-construction engineering, distribution system design, construction oversight, and implementation of various plant and customer building improvements for enhanced efficiency.

Milestones

• 1983 – Energy Park was purchased by the Saint Paul Port Authority and redeveloped.
• 1997 – Ever-Green was selected as the OMM partner.
• 2009 – Long-term planning begins for system upgrades, efficiency improvements, and growth.
• 2014 – System upgraded from two-pipe heating and cooling distribution to four-pipe, as well as expansion of the cooling system, including free cooling.
• 2018 – Recapitalization of heating equipment and expansion to serve additional customers.
• 2021 – The Saint Paul Port Authority entered into a long-term lease of Energy Park Utility Company assets with District Energy St. Paul. District Energy, via its affiliate management company Ever-Green Energy, will provide full oversight of the utility business management including system financing, strategic capital investment, and customer care.