1. Your October consumption will be the base from which November rebates will be calculated. It is not
too late to start conserving for the remainder of the month and still earn a rebate for November.
2. Your November consumption report will determine if a rebate was earned. The reduction in kWhs
required to qualify for each rebate is listed in the energy report as follows:
|
Reduction in kWhs | Rebate
|
| 150-250 | $15.00
|
| 251-350 | $30.00
|
| Over 350 | $50.00
|
3. Your November report will show your Base Month and your Current Usage. Subtract your Current
Usage from your Base month to determine your rebate per the schedule above. This will also be
automatically calculated for you by EBS and noted on your consumption report.
4. For the month of December, your base consumption will be the LOWER of your October or November
reports. The program is designed to reduce consumption and you will have to continue to improve
over your best month to earn a rebate (cooler weather in the winter will help in reducing your Air
Conditioning electric draw).
5. An additional rebate of $15 will be earned by those residents who fall into the bottom 5% of consumers
for their neighborhood. Your report will notify you if you are in the bottom 5% of your neighborhood
and will provide the consumption amount that you would need to be under to be in the bottom 5% of
your community for that month.
6. Rebates will be processed once every two months with checks to be mailed to the residents.
You will receive a monthly report showing your energy usage. Click on the image at right to see a larger version with descriptions fo what each section means.
1. Turn it off. Get into the habit of turning off lights, televisions, air conditioners, fans,
computer equipment, etc. when you leave a room.
2. Replace incandescent light bulbs in your personal fixtures with compact fluorescent
light (CFL) bulbs. CFLs use approximately one-fourth the energy of regular
incandescent light bulbs. Changing one 100-watt bulb to an equivalent 26-watt CFL
saves 81 kWh per year per bulb based on three hours use per day.
3. Use fans instead of air-conditioning. Portable, ceiling, and whole-house fans do not
remove heat from a room, but they do provide a cooling affect by circulating air and
consume only a small fraction of the energy used by an air conditioner.
4. Use your programmable thermostat. The thermostat in your home can be
programmed to reduce air conditioning while you are away and cool the home just
prior to your normal return time.
5. Set your thermostat to the warmest comfortable setting. Each degree above 75°F
saves approximately three percent of the energy used to cool your home.
6. Eliminate energy sneakers (phantom loads). Even when turned off, things like cell
phone chargers and televisions use energy. Use a power strip to turn off computers
(ensure proper logoff), monitors, printers, cell phone chargers, PDAs, camera
batteries, etc, all of which use standby power when not in use.
7. Maintain appropriate temperatures in your refrigerator and freezer. Set refrigerator
temperatures between 37° and 40°F in the refrigerator section and 0°F in the freezer
section.
8. Eliminate the old second refrigerator or freezer in your garage. Older appliances are
not as energy efficient and have to work harder when located in non-air conditioned
spaces like the garage.
9. Use the air dry function instead of heated dry on your dishwasher. The heated dry
cycle uses the most electrical consumption.
10. Set your clothes dryer to the auto-dry sensor setting and inspect the lint trap after
every use.
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