Operation Kill-A-Watt: Now in Brooklyn, Queens and Westchester County

Get FREE Lighting Upgrades
Owners of commercial and multi-family buildings in designated zip codes with 25 or more incandescent light bulbs (excluding table lamps) may be eligible for free Compact Fluorescent Lamps that last 10 times longer and are up to 80 percent more energy efficient than incandescents.

Through Operation Kill-A-Watt, eligible building owners:

	Save significantly on energy costs, in many cases 50 percent of their electric bills.
	Receive free replacement Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs).
	Will reduce air conditioning costs because CFLs burn cooler.

Prevent blackouts and brownouts? one building at a time
PES was contracted by Con Edison to help cut energy consumption in high load areas of Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan and Westchester County by giving building owners financial incentives to replace outdated lighting with more energy-efficient alternatives.

Through Operation Kill-A-Watt, PES and Con Edison will spend $10 million to reduce demand on the region’s already strained electric grid for the summer of 2007 and beyond.

Highlights

Businesses in the following areas may be eligible for low- or no-cost energy efficient upgrades:


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PES -- A history of energy conservation

Public Energy Solutions instituted Operation Kill-A-Watt in 2005 as a series of one-day events that enlisted thousands of businesses to reduce their energy consumption by adjusting their thermostats, turning off non-essential lighting and taking part in other energy-saving measures for a few hours during peak usage times.

The program is now a long-term initiative designed to have permanent effects on the Northeast’s energy grid. PES’ track record in that area is already well established.

The company:

	Helped more than 10,000 customers save a total of 30 million megawatt hours in the New York/New Jersey region resulting annually in $360 million of energy bill savings and the removal of 1.5 million tons of CO2.
	During 2006, New York City businesses achieved approximately $5 million in annual energy cost savings. An excess of $60 million over the life of the measures.

Sign up to do your part

Over the next 10 years, the combined electric bill reductions from the Operation Kill-A- Watt program will save New Yorkers more than $230 million. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has asked all New Yorkers to curb their energy usage and Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz recently endorsed Operation Kill-A-Watt, urging all New Yorkers to take proactive steps to prevent costly blackouts and brownouts.

The future of the environment is in your hands

To register for Operation Kill-A-Watt, call (866) 818-1900.

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Get paid for replacing these (picture of incandescent bulbs) with these (photo of CFLs).

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