CASH REBATES AND OTHER ENERGY-SAVING PROGRAMS
TO HELP YOU SAVE
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to start saving money
on your energy bills
When you want to know how to conserve energy and save money
the pro to ask is the Poudre Valley REA Certified Energy Auditor,
Gary Myers, or as we like to call him, Gary the Energy Guy.
Unlike the Maytag repairman or Betty Crocker, Gary is a real person.
Gary has years of experience in energy efficiency, conservation and the environment.
He has designed many programs to help consumers save energy.
And they're right here in five easy steps.
1Check out the links to all the money-saving rebates.
Every year PVREA consumers save thousands of dollars on appliances, water heaters,
insulation, heating and cooling systems. Find out how you can save money on your
energy bills and get a rebate check to help you get started.
2Call Gary for a Home Energy Audit
According to a recent U.S. Department of Energy study, weatherization measures
saved an average of 32% on a typical American home’s energy bill. And many of
the steps you can take to get those savings are inexpensive and easy to do.
But how do you know what to do to get those savings? That’s easy. Call Gary.
Poudre Valley REA has a program that offers energy audits for homes and small businesses.
If you are a PVREA member call Gary the Energy Guy at 970-282-6464
and he’ll be happy to bring all his high-tech equipment out to your house and give you
an assessment of how to make your home more energy efficient and save money.
Three-tiered Home Energy Audit Program
1. Electricity Audit to detect and mitigate electrical power issues -- Free.
2. Blower Door air leakage and weatherization evaluation – $50
3. Steps 1 and 2 plus infrared structural and insulation evaluation – $100
PVREA will rebate up to $50 after some qualifying repairs are made.
3Enter the monthly Home Lighting Makeover Contest
Every month one Poudre Valley REA family will win
a houseful of Compact Florescent Lightbulbs.
All you have to do to enter is click on the email link below and
type in your name and phone number.
It's that easy.
CFLcontest@pvrea.com
*Limit 60 CFL lightbulbs per winner. You must be a Poudre Valley REA member to win.
Enter as often as you like but no more than one entry per day, please.
Remember, CFL lightbulbs cost just $1 for REA members when they stop by the PVREA offices.
Replacing just one incandescent light bulb with a CFL would save 260 pounds of CO2
from the Earth’s atmosphere. The CFL light bulbs installed in 2007, alone,
reduced green house gas emissions equivalent to planting 2.85 million acres of trees.
4 Sign up for the PVREA Green Power Program
The Poudre Valley REA Green Power Program was initiated in 1999 to allow members
the opportunity to support renewable energy provided from wind, solar and small
scale hydroelectric sources. Green power is available in 100 kilowatt-hour (kWh)
blocks for only 50¢. The average home uses about 1,000 kWh of electricity each
month, so for just $5 per month you can go all green.
There is no minimum contract period so you can start and stop your Green Power
participation at any time. Purchasing one block of green power each month for
one year has the same environmental effect as not driving a car 2,400 miles
or planting a half-acre of trees.
Green Power Sign Up Form (pdf)
To sign up for the PVREA Green Power Program
simply print the Green Power Sign Up Form and mail it to:
PVREA Green Power Program,
PO Box 272550,
Ft. Collins, CO 80527-2550
5Visit the Together We Save website for more information
Poudre Valley REA is your Touchstone Energy Cooperative.
This fall all 900 Touchstone Co-ops in America have joined in the
Together We Save Campaign to bring energy conservation help to everyone.
