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• Rock-Tenn Stats
  • Workforce:
    Full-time employees: 475
    Full-time contract employees: 30
    Ramsey County residents: 176
    Saint Paul residents: 83
    Average annual income: $60,000
  • Union representation:
    United Steelworkers: 385
    Operating Engineers: 15
    Electricians: 12
    Pipefitters: (outside contractor)
    Teamsters: (outside contractor)
• District Energy serves more than 180 buildings (30.7 million square feet) and 300 townhomes in the downtown Saint Paul area, including the Capitol complex, West Side Flats and the Phalen Corridor.
• District Energy is the largest, most successful hot water district heating system in North America.
• District Energy has helped eliminate 150 smokestacks and 50 cooling towers from the Saint Paul skyline.
• Each year, up to 300,000 tons of wood waste from the metro area is converted into biomass fuel.