Current Initiatives
Take the Smart Power Pledge: Be a Watt Buster
When you take the Smart Power Pledge, you'll become one of thousands of
people across the country who have committed to saving money and making their
homes more energy efficient with the help of ENERGY STAR.
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Do-it-yourself Home Energy Analysis
Chugach members now have easy access to a do-it-yourself Home Energy Analysis. This
program allows you to calculate energy use throughout your home, with kwh per day,
kwh per month and cost per month. It also compares your current energy use and cost
with the previous year. Use your account login and password to access the program.
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Watt Buster Equipment
Appliance Meters: Kill A Watt™, Watts up?
Curious about how much electricity that old refrigerator uses? Find out
by borrowing an appliance meter. Chugach has two different devices - the Kill
A Watt™ and Watts up? The meters are available on loan to any Chugach
customer for up to one month.
These devices are a quick and easy way to measure how much electricity your
various appliances and entertainment equipment use. The devices can display
consumption by kilowatt hour, electricity expenses by day, week, month or year,
and voltage and amperage readings.
To borrow a Kill A Watt™ or Watts up? monitor, complete this form [link]
and email to service@chugachelectric.com,
or call Member Services at 563-7366.
Past Initiatives
SmartPower promotes LED education
In the fall of 2010, Chugach initiated a new LED education project with
the Anchorage School District. Fourth-grade classes at nine schools in the
district were selected to participate. Chugach staff presented a 20minute
program on how light is produced, the differences between LED and incandescent
light bulbs, measuring and conserving electricity.
Students were asked to measure the energy usage using a KillAWatt™ meter
for each string of lights and calculate the differences between the LEDs and the
incandescent strings of light. All students in participating classrooms received
at least one set of LED light strings.
Each classroom held a contest to encourage students to swap out their family's
incandescent light strings for LED light strings. The top three classrooms were
awarded a $250 cash prize. The schools also competed with each other. The top
three received a full energy audit. Meters for the project were provided at a
discount by Home Depot on Tudor Road.
The LED education project is expected to be conducted in more schools in fall 2011.
Watt Buster Research Project
In 2010, Chugach Electric conducted a research project, called Watt Buster,
on the impacts of residential and commercial building energy monitors (BEMs) on
energy efficiency and conservation. This project was funded in part by a matching
grant up to $75,000 from the Alaska Energy Authority under AEA Metering Project
#AEA10-012.
Read the complete Overview
Read the Final Report
CFLs exchange a hit at Spenard Farmers' Market
Compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) donated by Chugach Electric and ML&P
were a big hit at the Spenard Farmers' Market, July 31. The 250 CFLs were
swapped for burned-out CFLs, which were collected for recycling. The CFL
exchange is sponsored by SmartPowerAK, Chugach's energy efficiency initiative.
Chugach will continue to offer CFL recycling at the Spenard Farmer's Market
through the summer season.
Spenard Farmer's Market is a nonprofit organization run by volunteers.
As always, Chugach members can also drop their burned out CFLs in the
recycle bin at 5601 Electron Drive. CFLs for recycling must be in individually
sealed plastic bags. Broken CFLs are not accepted.
This is a great program to reduce energy use and carbon footprint by using
CFLs and disposing of CFLs in an earth friendly way.
SmartPower CFL coupon program kicks off Jan. 15, 2009
Chugach Electric Association and Municipal Light & Power are joining forces
to help residential customers save money. Customers of both utilities will be
able to use $2 off coupons to buy compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs). As a
"Buy Alaska" move, the coupons will only be redeemable at the three Anchorage
locations of Brown's Electrical Supply. Coupons will arrive with customers'
bills and they will also be available at the utilities' customer service
departments and at Brown's locations.
Chugach & ML&P will introduce the five Satco CFLs that will be available
for sale using the $2 off coupons at 11 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 15 at the Chugach
Electric headquarters building located at 5601 Electron Drive.
Satco is a nationally known Energy Star manufacturer that works closely
with Brown's on a variety of energy efficient lighting elements. Satco
representatives will make a short presentation on types and color temperatures
of CFLs at the kick-off. This will be a time to get answers from the experts
and save on your electricity bills.
