Consumers Energy's Bill Analyzer Service Helps Customers Reduce Energy Use
December 05 2005 - 6:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
JACKSON, Mich., Dec. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As cold weather
starts to creep into Michigan, Consumers Energy is alerting
customers to a free service to help people track their home energy
use. The service is called the Bill Analyzer and is available via
the utility's website, http://www.consumersenergy.com/ .
Approximately 162,000 Consumers Energy customers are using the
service, a 23 percent increase in the past year. "The fact that
more customers are using the Bill Analyzer service shows that
people want helpful information about how to manage their home
energy usage. We encourage customers to become informed about their
home energy use, so that they can make tailored energy conservation
decisions," said Sue Swan, the utility's vice president of customer
operations. "The Bill Analyzer service allows customers to examine
their current electric and gas use in comparison to previous
months. Knowing how a home uses energy is helpful in making
decisions about how and when to conserve energy," noted Swan.
First-time users of the Bill Analyzer will need to fill out an
easy-to- follow form to set up a customer profile at the utility's
Online Customer Service Center. The Bill Analyzer service will ask
for basic information on a home, such as number of rooms, kinds of
appliances and number of residents. The service then provides a
near-instant analysis to help customers understand why energy use
has increased or decreased for a selected period. Consumers
Energy's website also includes a new section, "Energy Answers,"
which provides free tips on home and business energy conservation,
as well as other services. Consumers Energy, the principal
subsidiary of CMS Energy, provides natural gas and electricity to
more than six million of the state's 10 million residents in all 68
Lower Peninsula counties. DATASOURCE: Consumers Energy CONTACT:
Jeff Holyfield, +1-517-788-2394, or Dan Bishop, +1-517-788-2395,
both of Consumers Energy Web site: http://www.consumersenergy.com/
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