Ameren Illinois Utilities Want Customers' Old, Secondary Refrigerators
February 02 2009 - 9:10AM
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Receive $35 Now, Save $100 in a Year PEORIA, Ill., Feb. 2
/PRNewswire/ -- Ameren Illinois Utilities electric customers can
receive $35 now and save on electricity bills in the months to come
by turning off and turning in their old, inefficient secondary
refrigerator or freezer through a new Ameren Illinois Utilities
program. "The old refrigerators and freezers that are being used in
garages and basements waste large amounts of energy," said Karen
Warnke, Ameren Illinois Utilities Customer Service business
consultant. "A standard size secondary refrigerator might cost $100
or more a year to operate. "In addition, this program will benefit
the environment. By recycling these refrigerators, the demand for
electricity can be reduced. When less electricity is generated,
fewer greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere," Warnke
said. Electric customers must first determine if they are eligible
for the program. The refrigerator or freezer must be operating as a
secondary unit located in a garage or basement. Also, the unit must
be of standard size and manufactured before 1993. Eligible Ameren
Illinois Utilities electric customers should call 1-866- 899-9088
to schedule a pickup of their refrigerator or freezer. The call
center is open Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
and on Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. This program is
offered on a first come basis until funds for the first program
year are exhausted. The program year ends on May 31, 2009.
Additional funds will be available beginning June 1, 2009, running
through May 31, 2010. The refrigerator and freezer program is part
of the Ameren Illinois Utilities electric energy efficiency
initiative, which also is offering residential electric customers
the opportunity to purchase high-efficiency compact fluorescent
lights (CFLs) at sharply discounted prices. There also are special
energy efficiency incentive programs for business customers.
Complete information, including energy conservation tips, are
available on the new Act On Energy Web site
(http://www.actonenergy.net/). "We created the Act On Energy Web
site to provide the most current information about our electric
energy efficiency programs and to help our residential and business
customers spend less on energy by using less," Warnke said. The
Ameren Illinois Utilities provide energy delivery service to 1.2
million electric and more than 840,000 natural gas customers in a
43,700- square-mile area of Illinois. DATASOURCE: Ameren Illinois
Utilities CONTACT: Leigh Morris, +1-217-535-5228, or Neal Johnson,
+1-309-677-5284, or Victoria Busch, +1-618-346-1286, all of Ameren
Web site: http://www.ameren.com/ http://www.actonenergy.net/
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