Consumers Energy's Bill Analyzer Service Helps Customers Make Informed Energy Use Decisions
December 04 2006 - 7:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
JACKSON, Mich., Dec. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- With the arrival
of cold weather in Michigan Consumers Energy is alerting customers
to a free service to help 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 192,000
Consumers Energy customers are using the service, an 18 percent
increase in the past year. "The Bill Analyzer service provides
helpful information about how customers can manage their home
energy usage," 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 section called "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 nearly 6.5 million of the state's 10 million
residents in all 68 Lower Peninsula counties. For more information
about Consumers Energy, visit our Website at
http://www.consumersenergy.com/ 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/ Company News On-Call:
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