Archive for July, 2009

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Energy Efficient with Your Refrigerators and Freezers

Minimize opening and closing your refrigerator and freezer. Every time you open it, cool air will rush out and be replaced with warm air, causing the refrigerator to run more to stay cool. Keep it full. Refrigerators and freezers actually operate most efficiently when full, so keep your refrigerator and freezer as full as possible (with bottles of water if nothing else). Clean refrigerator door gaskets regularly and vacuum the condenser coils tw [...]

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Oncor Requests Stimulus Funds for Smart Meters

The Dallas Morning News reported on Tuesday that North Texas' Oncor, a transmission company that maintains power lines, announced plans to apply for $317 million in federal stimulus money to purchase smart meters.One immediate positive from purchasing the meters via stimulus money is that Oncor customers could see a noticeably lower fee for buying a smart meter. Details for the plan: $200 million up front and by first week of August to purcha [...]

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