Founded in 1914, the Northwest Food Processors Association (NWFPA) represents over 80 food processors with 180 production plants in Oregon, Idaho and Washington. In January 2009, working in conjunction with NEEA and its efforts to transform how energy is managed in the Northwest industrial sector, the NWFPA board of directors set a goal to reduce energy intensity in their facilities by 25 percent in ten years and 50 percent in twenty years (Barrow, Thornton 2013).
