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WM Wendy Martinenas updated 1-09

Lower Electric Rates for 2012 in Connecticut.

By David Popoff                    

Effective January 1st, 2012 the generation rates charged by The Connecticut Light and Power Company and The United Illuminating Company will be reduced.

On November 28, 2011, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) approved the 2012 generation rates for The Connecticut Light and Power Company (CL&P) and The United Illuminating Company (UI).

For UI customers:

The generation rate for residential customers will decline by about 1.8 cents/kWh going from 10.616 cents/kWh to 8.727cents/kWh.  Continue reading Lower Electric Rates for 2012 in Connecticut.

9 Watt Bulb Vs 60 Watt Bulb ~ The Future is Here

by David Popoff          

CBS Sunday Morning story on the history of lighting starts at Edison’s 1879 invention ‘light in a bottle’ and goes up to the new LED’s bulbs that will be the future of lighting. These new LED’s use about 9 watts of electricity versus the standard filament bulb that use 60 watts. The second [...]

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Solar Tubes Are Sweet

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Go Green With Energy Savings

A big advantage of going green is saving money. In this story, one proprietor is saving $100,000 a year and another $8,000 a year. They did it with ENERGY STAR and by changing behavior. [...]