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First Energy Corporation announced that it would postpone its compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulb distribution to customers pending further discussion.
The distribution was to begin Oct. 12 and was designed to comply with the energy efficiency requirements under the state’s new energy law, Senate Bill 22.1. The bill states investor- owned electric utilities must reduce electricity usage by 22.2 percent by 2025. This CFL program was designed to encourage the company’s customers to use the more efficient bulbs.
A proposal for the CFL distribution program was submitted to the PUCO July 9 and approved by the Commission on Sept. 23. The plan included delivering two of the energy efficient bulbs to each home and also to small businesses. Twenty percent of the bulbs were going to be delivered by mail and the other 80 were to be delivered to the homes and businesses by a delivery person.
The bulbs are not free. First Energy will recoup its expenses for the program by placing the total cost per residence on the customer’s bill over a three-year period. The cost is $21.60 per house.
The light bulbs are $3.50 each so that accounts for $7, which leaves $14 charged to the customer slated as program expenses. The company was expected to distribute 3.75 million bulbs to comply with the energy law.
Governor Strickland asked the company to delay the start of the program. The PUCO will access the costs associated with the
program.
Vice president of Energy Efficiency and Customer Service, John Paganie stated that the CFL’s are a great way for customers to reduce energy use in their homes. These bulbs use up to 75 percent less electricity. If you replace two 100 watt bulbs in your home you can save up to $60 over the life of the bulbs. Energy Star states that if every American home replaced just one light bulb with an Energy Star bulb we would save enough energy to light more than three million homes for a year which is more than $600 million in annual energy costs. It would also prevent greenhouse gases equivalent to the emissions of more than 800,000 cars.
FirstEnergy is a diversified energy company headquartered in Akron. It has seven electric utility operating companies that comprise the nation’s fifth largest investor-owned electric system, based on 4.5 million customers served within Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
First Energy Corporation announced that it would postpone its compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulb distribution to customers pending further discussion.
The distribution was to begin Oct. 12 and was designed to comply with the energy efficiency requirements under the state’s new energy law, Senate Bill 22.1. The bill states investor- owned electric utilities must reduce electricity usage by 22.2 percent by 2025. This CFL program was designed to encourage the company’s customers to use the more efficient bulbs.
A proposal for the CFL distribution program was submitted to the PUCO July 9 and approved by the Commission on Sept. 23. The plan included delivering two of the energy efficient bulbs to each home and also to small businesses. Twenty percent of the bulbs were going to be delivered by mail and the other 80 were to be delivered to the homes and businesses by a delivery person.
The bulbs are not free. First Energy will recoup its expenses for the program by placing the total cost per residence on the customer’s bill over a three-year period. The cost is $21.60 per house.
The light bulbs are $3.50 each so that accounts for $7, which leaves $14 charged to the customer slated as program expenses. The company was expected to distribute 3.75 million bulbs to comply with the energy law.
Governor Strickland asked the company to delay the start of the program. The PUCO will access the costs associated with the
program.
Vice president of Energy Efficiency and Customer Service, John Paganie stated that the CFL’s are a great way for customers to reduce energy use in their homes. These bulbs use up to 75 percent less electricity. If you replace two 100 watt bulbs in your home you can save up to $60 over the life of the bulbs. Energy Star states that if every American home replaced just one light bulb with an Energy Star bulb we would save enough energy to light more than three million homes for a year which is more than $600 million in annual energy costs. It would also prevent greenhouse gases equivalent to the emissions of more than 800,000 cars.
FirstEnergy is a diversified energy company headquartered in Akron. It has seven electric utility operating companies that comprise the nation’s fifth largest investor-owned electric system, based on 4.5 million customers served within Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
