SEAPA Annual Shutdown June 1–June 10
In preparation for the annual hydroelectric shutdown, Petersburg Municipal Power & Light advises customers to conserve energy. Customers are encouraged to conserve power May 16th through June 28th so the fuel adjustment charge will be minimized as much as possible. The less power customers use, the lower the fuel adjustment rate will be.
Below are some tips to conserve energy to help lower kWh usage.
- Water heating can account for 14%-25% of the energy consumed in your home. Take shorter showers, don’t run hot water continuously, wash clothes in warm or cold water. Turn down temperature of your water heater to 115-120 degrees F.
- Run only full loads in your dishwashers and clothes washers.
- Turn off your computer monitor when not in use for more than 20 minutes and turn off both the CPU and monitor if you're not going to use your computer for more than 2 hours. Leaving a computer on all day can cost about 21 cents per day, or about $75 per year.
- Unplug electronics and appliances that drain energy when not in use (i.e., cell phone chargers, fans, coffeemakers, desktop printers, radios, toasters, etc.).
- Unplug heat tapes and spare heaters now that temperatures are warming up.
- Turn off ceiling fans and open/close windows to help regulate temperatures in your home.
- Adjust security lights to decrease the amount of time the light stays on.
- Lighting makes up about 10 percent of home energy costs. Replace burned out incandescent lights with compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) or light-emitting diodes (LEDs). CFLs can save three-quarters of the electricity used by incandescent. LEDs can save even more. Put away holiday lights and turn off lights during our long daylight hours!
PMPL thanks our customers for their understanding, support, and conservations.
Questions? Call PMPL at 772-5433
See https://www.energy.gov/eere/femp/home-energy-checklist for more tips!
