How Will The Drake Power Plant Fire Affect You?
Colorado Spring Utilities is raising electricity rates this summer to cover increased costs resulting from a May 5 fire at the Martin Drake power plant expected to leave Drake shuttered through the highest electric demand months of the year. So, how will the Drake power plant fire affect you?
Southern Colorado Organizations That Help Pay Utility Bills
When money is tight, keeping the heat on during the winter can be hard to do. It shouldn’t be. Having heat and light is essential and several organizations in southern Colorado want to help you and your family pay your bills this winter, if you can’t do it on your own.
10 Simple Ways to Save Water at Home
Water is one of the most important, if not the most important, resource that humans use. Here in Colorado the climate varies greatly by location and time of year, and at times water might be scarce. Conserving water at home not only helps save this precious resource, but also helps Colorado consumers save money. Here are 10 simple ways to save water and your wallet.
The Truth About Bottled Water
There’s arguably no better business than the bottled water business in the United States. It’s basically just manufacturing bottles, filling and marketing them. There’s no recipe or major product development required and it’s a rapidly growing industry. Bottled water sales climbed nearly 20 percent a quarter between 1993 and 2005, according to a recent article in the New York Times. They’re still growing in the high single digits every quarter.
Six Ways to Reduce Your Paper Consumption at Home
Cutting back on home-energy costs doesn’t have to stop at a home-energy audit and weatherization improvements. There’s a lot of money to be saved not only on your utility bill, but also on your everyday product consumption. Cutting back on the amount of paper you throw away or recycle at home can make a big difference to your pocket book and to the environment.
Six Great DIY Home Weatherization Tips
It’s the end of summer and the air is still warm. It may be hard to think about the incoming winter weather when Colorado residents can still go hiking in a pair of shorts and a T-shirt, but now is the time to start weatherizing your home. Putting in the time for energy-efficient weatherization improvements now can save your family time and money once the cold weather begins. Here are six great tips for home weatherization improvements you can make on your own that won’t break the bank.
Shocking Energy Conservation Stats
Energy conservation is a hot topic these days. There are environmental and monetary benefits to using less energy. Having an energy-efficient home can make a huge difference for Colorado consumers. Here are some amazing statistics that will shine a light on energy conservation and savings.
Change The World
Remember how you felt in elementary school when you first learned about civil rights, global warming or genocide in Rwanda and you launched a full-blown campaign on all fronts of your life – at home, on the playground and on the phone with your grandparents?
You knew then that you could make a difference. You were just a little kid, but you were going to change the world.
Somehow, as we get older and bigger, the world is the only thing that seems to grow larger instead of smaller and its vastness makes us forget that we have the power to change it.
Five Energy-Efficiency Innovations Making Big Waves
If you were going to build an energy-efficient house from scratch these days, you could get your utility bill pretty close to nothing if you were willing and able to invest in some amazingly innovative technologies designed to conserve energy.
But since most people aren’t building brand-new houses, the Energy Resource Center selected a handful of cutting-edge and innovative items you can use to retrofit your current Colorado home and save energy.
Some of these are little things you can afford or they’re the kind of thing the ERC will upgrade for free for income-qualified residents in the five southern Colorado counties we serve. Others on this list are just really cool and if you can afford the upgrade, it will probably pay for itself.
Colorado DIY Furnace Maintenance
If your furnace isn’t working correctly, it can make for a cold Colorado winter. A thorough furnace inspection is best left to a professional if you’re not familiar with furnaces and all that could be causing a malfunction. There are a lot of basic furnace maintenance tricks and tasks most renters and homeowners can and should do on a regular basis that could dramatically improve the performance of your home heating system.