BWL gives away free energy-saving
CFL kits to residential customers

The Lansing Board of Water & Light today takes energy-efficiency promotion to a new level, by giving free Compact Fluorescent Light bulbs to residential electric customers.

The CFL “kits” include four CFL bulbs: Two 13-watt bulbs, one 20-watt and one 23-watt bulb. Note: Supplies are limited. Combined, each CFL kit can save a residential customer up to $120 on electric bills over the bulbs’ lifetime.

“For more than two years, we have made a sustained effort to get these energy-saving light bulbs into our customers homes, at affordable prices,” said BWL General Manager J. Peter Lark. “You can’t get a better price than ‘free’.”

The EnergyStar®-listed CFLs make great replacements for incandescent light bulbs, because they use about 75 percent less electricity than incandescent bulbs. CFLs also last far longer – up to 10,000 hours compared to about 1,000 hours for incandescent
bulbs.

Here is how BWL residential customers can sign up for a Hometown Energy Saverssm CFL kit.

• Go to our Web site, www.lbwl.com and click on the billboard about free CFLs. A form must be filled out and submitted electronically.
• This offer is valid only for electric residential customers receiving Residential Service (Rate #1) or Residential Senior Citizen Service (Rate #21).
• The CFL kits will be shipped directly to a customer’s residential address. The kits will not be shipped to P.O. boxes, business addresses, or addresses outside the BWL electric service area.
• There is a limit of one kit per household or BWL account number.
• The offer is valid for a limited time and while supplies last.
• Customers can call 1-877-NRG-LBWL (674-5295) with questions.

Also this week, the BWL announced it has expanded its CFL recycling program. Now, nearly 20 retailers in the Lansing area will accept spent CFL bulbs. The BWL’s Customer Service Center has accepted spent CFL bulbs for more than a year.

A list of participating retail stores is on the BWL’s Web site.

The BWL is Michigan’s largest public utility, serving more than 96,000 electric customers.

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