Feel the breeze

Use ceiling fans to create a wind chill effect in occupied rooms and help lower your cooling costs.

The breeze can keep you just as comfortable at temperatures 4 to 6 degrees warmer.  Raising your thermostat that much can save about 10 percent on your cooling bill.

Be sure your fan runs clockwise during the summer. And turn the fan off when you leave the room.

To further help, close blinds and block the sun's heat.  This is particularly true for windows that face the south and west.

 

2008 Pilot Program

The pilot program provides an incentive to shift electricity use to mornings, evenings and weekends.  The more electricity you shift, the more you safe.

Participants pay a generation charge of 9.3 cents per kilowatt-hour of electricity used from noon-7 p.m. weekdays and 3.7 cents per kilowatt-hour the rest of the time.

That compares with the 5.2 cents per kilowatt-hour that the average residential customer pays around the clock.

E-Power Tip From PP&L