January 2007

Change a Light Movement Growing

You're making a big impact for environment

How many Walton EMC customer-owners does it take to change a light bulb? 

So far, you’ve saved 201,630 kilowatt-hours of electricity and prevented 318,175 pounds of greenhouse gas emissions by agreeing to switch to more efficient

Today's compact fluorescent bulbs are smaller and easily fit inside most lamp harps (the wire that holds lamp shades).

lighting.

Through Walton EMC’s partnership with ENERGY STAR and it’s Change a Light program, customer-owners are pledging to save energy and the environment by switching old-fashioned incandescent light bulbs to high-tech compact fluorescent (CF) bulbs.

Incandescent bulbs are big energy wasters–90 percent of the energy they consume is wasted as heat. So for every dollar spent, you only get 10 cents worth of light.

CF bulbs are four times as efficient, meaning you can cut lighting costs by up to 75 percent. And they last ten times longer than a standard bulb.

Over the long haul, just one CF bulb may save $40 in electricity.

Help your co-op reach its Change a Light pledge goal. Sign up to participate in Change a Light today. It’s extremely easy. Click here for details.

As a bonus for pledging, you can sign up to receive quarterly email energy saving tips from ENERGY STAR.

So, how many Walton EMC customer-owners does it take to change a light bulb?  Hopefully all of them.

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