$aving Money and Energy

2. $aving Money and Energy 2013

3. How much energy does lighting account for on the average home electric bill? • 1 percent • 10 percent • 30 percent • 70 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

4. 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

5. Energy Efficiency Programs

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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)

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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.

13. 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/SMARTCommunityAssist.aspx

14. Why Efficiency?

15. Thank You Janet Rehberg Consumer Programs Coordinator, EE/PDR jprehberg@aep.com