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The Word is "CONSERVE." We
encourage you, our member/owners to assist us, and ultimately
you, in finding ways to reduce the energy consumed at your
homes and businesses. This will, in turn, allow you to pay
less for your electricity, and keep your hard-earned money
in your pocket to be used for other items.
Electric Cooperatives across the United States have always
promoted conservation, many years before "green,"
"conservation," and "carbon footprint" became buzzwords.
Through your volunteer efforts, we here at SVEC have put
into place over 9,000 load control switches on hot water
heaters, thereby reducing demand at peak consumption
times. Some cooperatives are now experimenting with
control switches on air conditioners and "beat the peak"
modules. Cooperatives have had hydro power as a part of
their power supply portfolio for many years and are involved
in wind, solar, nuclear, methane gas projects and
evaluating other alternative energy sources.
There are more than 900 electric cooperatives in the
United States, delivering reliable, affordable electric
power to more than 40 million people across the nation.
Electric cooperatives are private, independent electric
utilities owned by the members they serve. The electric
cooperatives support responsible stewardship of the
environment.
You as a member of an electric cooperative need to let
your voice be heard. Electric Cooperatives have begun a
grassroots effort to ask all member/owners to contact
their elected officials and ask them some tough questions
that require straight answers. Some questions to ask are:
What is your plan to make sure we have the electricity
we'll need in the future? What are you doing to fully fund
the research required to make emissions free electric
plants an affordable reality? Balancing electricity needs
and environmental goals will be difficult. How much is all
this going to increase my electric bill and what will you
do to make it affordable? We need to find a balanced
solution for these and many other questions.
For more information on how you can help, click on the
"Our Energy, Our Future" logo on our home page and start
the dialogue.
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