Self-Help to Lower your Electric Bill

Did you know?
Changing from Incandescent lamps to Compact Fluorescent can save 75% on lighting costs (including bulb replacement and energy savings!)  The bulbs cost more, but with 10 times the life and far greater energy efficiency, they quickly put money back into your household.

January 2006, under the direction of a Chugach Consumers board majority, Chugach Electric developed a website to help customers reduce their energy usage:

• www.chugachelectric.com/energy/energy_tips.html

The pro-consumer Board also began publishing energy savings tips each month in the Outlet:

• January 2006 Number 217
• February 2006 Number 218
• March 2006 Number 219
• April 2006 Number 220

It was a good start, but once IBEW Union - backed directors took over again, further website development and Outlet energy savings tips abruptly ended.  But when members returned the new Pro-Consumer Reform Board in April 2007, energy savings tips are once again published in the Outlet along with reports of new cost-savings initiatives underway at Chugach:

• June 2007 Number 233
• September 2007 Number 236
• October 2007 Number 237
• December 2007 Number 238
• January 2008 Number 239

Other tips and ideas to help you cut energy costs:

• Be a Kilowatt Detective
• Green Star
• Smart Energy Living

• American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy

• Energy Savers Tips from the US Dept. of Energy

• How to choose a bulb - Washington Post 4/7/07