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CUB To Talk On Slashing Energy Bills, Efficiency Incentives Of Up To $1,500, And How Online Service Could Cut Costs By $200 A Year
CHICAGO, Sept. 22, 2010—As the Citizens Utility Board (CUB) prepares to fight a $396 million ComEd rate-hike proposal, the watchdog group will alert Barrington consumers to a new online service that could slash energy bills by hundreds of dollars a year and give them facts on efficiency incentives of up to $1,500.
Each participant at CUB’s event will receive a Compact Fluorescent Light (CFL) bulb, which can cut electric bills by up to $50 over its lifetime. CUB’s free “Savvy Savings on Utility Bills” seminar is:
7 p.m., Wednesday, October 6
Barrington Area Public Library 505 N. Northwest Hwy. Barrington Note: Space is limited. Please register for this event by calling the library at 847-382-1300. "Consumers may not have a lot of faith in utilities or volatile energy markets to bring their electric and natural gas bills down, but there’s a lot they can do without ever leaving home--and CUB knows the tools to help them do that," CUB Outreach Director Sarah Moskowitz said. "Energy efficiency is a great way to take power over your power bills." Attendees will learn about: *CUB Energy Saver (www.CUBEnergySaver.com), a free online service that helps consumers build a money-saving plan perfect for their homes. So far, CUB’s tool has shown consumers how to save an average of $200 a year. Users who connect to their ComEd accounts can also earn rewards points redeemable for free or discounted items at local and national retailers. *Efficiency incentives, such as a tax credit of up to $1,500, and how to get paid $25 for having ComEd junk an old refrigerator. * Rebates of up to $400 on energy-efficient heating and cooling equipment for Nicor Gas customers. CUB is Illinois’ leading nonprofit utility watchdog organization. Created by the Illinois Legislature, CUB opened its doors in 1984 to represent the interests of residential and small-business utility customers. Since then, CUB has saved consumers more than $10 billion by helping to block rate hikes and secure consumer refunds. For more information, call CUB’s Consumer Hotline, at 1-800-669-5556, or visit CUB’s award-winning website, www.CitizensUtilityBoard.org. |