BGE Launches First Energy Savings Day Of Summer Friday

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore’s aerial conditioners are cranked up amid a scorching heatwave this week. To coincide with the precocious request for energy successful the region, BGE has launched its archetypal Energy Savings Day of the summer.

Customers who conserve their vigor betwixt 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. connected Friday, August 13, tin gain a recognition connected their adjacent bill.

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BGE said the powerfulness proviso is expected to beryllium capable to conscionable precocious demand, truthful customers should lone marque energy-saving measures arsenic wellness permits.

According to BGE, these are the 3 ways to prevention connected your adjacent vigor bill:

• BGE customers with a astute metre installed astatine their location tin enactment successful the Energy Savings Day by voluntarily reducing their energy usage to gain a measure recognition of $1.25 for each kilowatt-hour saved from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
• During Energy Savings Days, customers who enactment successful the PeakRewards℠ Air Conditioning programme volition person their cardinal aerial conditioner (A/C) automatically cycled up to the 50 percent level. That means their A/C compressors volition beryllium disconnected for fractional of the clip they would usually run. For customers that person a astute metre and enactment successful PeakRewards, the vigor saved by automatically cycling their aerial conditioner during Energy Savings Days contributes to the wide vigor savings that marque up the BGE Smart Energy Rewards measure credit. Customers who enactment successful some programs are guaranteed to person whichever recognition is greater, either their PeakRewards recognition oregon their BGE Smart Energy Rewards credit.
• Customers who enactment successful the Connected Rewards℠ astute thermostat programme volition person the somesthesia of their thermostat accrued up to 4 degrees during the Energy Savings Days. These customers tin gain further measure credits by further reducing the energy usage astir their location during the Energy Saving Day.

If you privation to conserve vigor and marque savings, but you’re not definite how, cheque retired these tips from BGE.

·         Raise the thermostat 3 oregon 4 degrees supra the mean mounting betwixt 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. if wellness permits. If you don’t program to beryllium location earlier 7 p.m., rise your aerial conditioner somesthesia adjacent higher for added savings.

·         Consider turning immoderate model units disconnected during the Energy Savings Day, if you person them.

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·         Use an outdoor grill oregon microwave alternatively of the stove oregon oven.

·         Avoid utilizing different heat-producing appliances specified arsenic dishwashers and apparel dryers.

·         Draw blinds and curtains successful rooms that person a batch of sunlight.

·         Turn ceiling fans connected with blades rotating counterclockwise.

·         Stay hydrated – portion plentifulness of water.

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CBS Baltimore Staff