Entergy New Orleans is beefing up its $11 million citywide energy-efficiency program by offering homeowners up to $5,000 in cash incentives for making upgrades to help reduce their power use.
The newest aspect of the program, offered through a partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy, uses contractors to review potential upgrades Orleans Parish homeowners can do that will be cost-effective. It aims to help customers lower their monthly electricity bills by as much as 20 percent, said Philip Allison, an Entergy New Orleans spokesman.
Instead of focusing on single measures like insulating an attic or sealing a home's leaky ductwork, the program uses a whole-house approach to improve energy efficiency, with an eye toward making a series of improvements that, when done together, can reduce drafts, maintain room temperature, and ultimately, cut power costs.
For more information, call 866-721-0249, or visit EnergySmartNOLA.info.
Entergy officials on Thursday told members of the New Orleans City Council that the city's energy-efficiency program helped more than 5,570 businesses and individuals cut down on their power use and save money in the last nine months of 2012.
Entergy estimates that the initiative reduced their overall electricity use by more than 13 million kilowatt-hours, enough to power more than 1,000 average U.S. households for an entire year. That was about 81 percent of its goal for the year, the second since the program launched.
Source: http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2013/01/entergy_new_orleans_bolsters_c.html
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