ComEd, Bolingbrook Mayor Present Candy Company with Incentive to Become More Energy Efficient

Photo: Mike Guerra, vice president of External Affairs and Large Customer Solutions, ComEd; Anna Panszczyk, account manager of Large Customer Solutions, ComEd; Steven D. Rawleigh, vice president of Customer Supply Chain and Logistics, Ferrara Candy Co.; Vince Ippolito, director of Distribution, Ferrara Candy Co.; Jim Nicketta, vice president of Engineering, Ferrara Candy Co.; Michael Murray, chief operating officer of Ferrara Candy Co.; Roger C. Claar, Mayor of Bolingbrook. Submitted by ComEd.

On Jan. 8, ComEd, joined by Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar, presented Ferrara Candy Company with a financial incentive check totaling $342,584.22.

The amount helped the candy company to install an energy management system and replace lighting and occupancy sensors with more energy-efficient ones. As a result, the company will save 3,409,821 kWh of energy, or the equivalent of powering nearly 215 homes with electricity for a year.

Ferrara recently relocated to the former Home Depot distribution facility in Bolingbrook. The company makes candies including Lemonheads, Red Hots, Fruit Stripe gum and Black Forest gummy bears, to name a few.