Prices seem to be climbing everywhere we turn-including the fuels it takes to generate electricity, which drives up the cost of power we use at home and in local businesses. Meriwether Lewis Electric Cooperative, your Touchstone Energy partner, is working hard to make a difference. And you can get into the action. Below are some links to websites and some free resources made available by MLEC through partnerships with Touchstone Energy and Tennessee Valley Authority.
Click away and learn how to start saving:
- Home Energy Saver--Free online audit to learn where your energy dollars are going at home.
- energyright.com--Helpful information on tax credits, lighting, water heaters, heat pumps, new homes, wasted kilowatts and more.
- TogetherWeSave.com--videos and other tools, including a virtual home tour that helps identify where energy is going, ways to save and how to 'snuff out' phantom electronics.
- CFL Calculator--Anyone can do this math. This simple calculator lets you enter the number of light bulbs used in your home and illustrates how much you can save by switching to CFL's.
- In-Home Evaluation--Have a certified energy evaluator do an energy audit at your home. (Evaluation fee is refundable and up to $500 in incentives and rebates are available if suggestions are followed.)
- Want to check on things yourself?--Use this easy Home Energy Audit Checklist.
- For Your Home--Check out information on MLEC's water heater, heat pump and new home programs.
- Top 10 Energy Saving Tips--Get some tips to help cut down on your electricity usage.
- Energy Star Appliance Rebate Program--If you purchased, or plan to purchase, an Energy Star heat pump, central air conditioner, room air conditioner, or gas furnace, after April 22, 2010, click this link to find out about what rebates may be available.
- For information about these or other MLEC programs, contact MLEC Energy Specialist Gene Hale
