$aving Money and Energy

2013

How much energy does lighting account for on the average home electric bill?1 percent10 percent30 percent70 percent

How much energy does lighting account for on the average home electric bill?1 percent10 percent30 percent70 percent

Question: Do you know?• How much energy does lighting account for on the average

home electric bill?– 1 percent– 10 percent– 30 percent– 70 percent

Overview: Do you know?

• The benefits of using a compact fluorescent light bulb (CFL) instead of an incandescent light bulb?– CFLs use approximately

75% less energy– CFLs last almost 10 times

longer– CFLs give off one-quarter

as much heat

Energy Efficiency Programs

Question: Do you know?

• On average, which home appliance uses the most energy?– Television– Freezer– Refrigerator– Home Computer

…Refrigerators use more than 1100 kWh/year. This is almost 5 times the electricity as an average television set

Energy Efficiency Programs• Appliance Recycling 50/50/150– Receive a $50 rebate for Refrigerator Recycling ($50

rebate on new energy efficient refrigerators) – Save over $150 a year on energy costs– Free, convenient pickup of your appliance– Free up space in your garage, basement or recreation

room– Program Requirements:

• Must be 10-30 cubic feet in size• Must be operational at time of pickup

Energy Efficiency Programs

• Appliance Rebate Program– $50 rebate • ENERGY STAR Refrigerator• ENERGY STAR Freezer• ENERGY STAR Clothes Washer• ENERGY STAR High Efficiency Electric Water Heater

– $300 rebate • ENERGY STAR Electric Heat Pump Water Heater

– Rebate available on-line (www.aepohio.com/rebates)

Energy Efficiency Programs• In-Home Energy Program (Option One)

• Customers pay $25 for assessment and installation of the select energy efficiency measures:– Up to 12 CFLs– Programmable thermostat– Low flow showerhead (if electric hot water)– Faucet aerators (if electric hot water)– LED nightlight– Pipe wrap for the water heater (if electric hot water)

• Customer will receive a prioritized list of additional improvements that will save energy

• Customer eligible for rebates• For program details, call 1-877-856-2454

Energy Efficiency Programs

• In-Home Energy Program (Option Two)– Comprehensive, four-hour In-home Audit• $50 for all-electric homes• Receive same measures as Option One• Receive more extensive diagnostics and computer

modeling of how the home uses energy• Receive a prioritized list of additional improvements

that will save energy that includes a payback analysis• Eligible for rebates• For program details, call 1-877-856-2454

Energy Efficiency Programs• Online Energy Checkup (Free)

• Customer completes step-by-step profile of their home• Report shows how home uses energy and ways to save• Customer receives free energy efficiency measures:– 5 CFLs and LED nightlight– Depending on how home is heated, cooled and how

water is heated:» Low flow showerhead, faucet aerators, pipe wrap for the

water heater» Weather-strip, draft stoppers

• Customer eligible for rebates• Find at aepohio.com/rebates

Energy Efficiency Programs

• e3smart℠– An energy efficiency education program for grades 5-9

offered to schools in AEP Ohio’s service area.– Now partnering with Columbia Gas– Currently recruiting teachers; please go to

www.aepohio.com/rebates.

Energy Efficiency Programs• Community Assistance Program (CAP)– Customers living on low or fixed incomes (at or below

200% of poverty level) may be eligible to receive weatherization assistance or repair services.

– To qualify, customers must be approved for an energy assistance program such as PIPP, HEAP, or HWAP

– Learn more by contacting your local community action agency• https://aepohio.com/save/programs/SMARTCommunit

yAssist.aspx

Why Efficiency?

Thank YouJanet Rehberg

Consumer Programs Coordinator, EE/PDRjprehberg@aep.com