Feels like summer

To me, it’s fish­ing sea­son. The humid­i­ty in the air and time with fam­i­ly are spe­cial to me, but this sea­son also brings a height­ened aware­ness to two key chal­lenges we face each year: sum­mer storms and the poten­tial for high bills. Your co-op has main­tained low rates for the past 11 years, but it’s impor­tant to note the impact you have on con­tin­u­ing this trend. Through pro­grams like Smart Ther­mostats and Beat the Peak, we can work togeth­er to con­tin­ue hold­ing down pow­er costs and pre­vent the need to build more gen­er­a­tion sources while work­ing to keep your elec­tric bill as low as pos­si­ble dur­ing the sum­mer months.

Install a smart ther­mo­stat

YEC’s smart ther­mo­stat pro­gram helps you save ener­gy and mon­ey. Sign­ing up allows your co-op to pre-cool your loca­tion in antic­i­pa­tion for the hottest time dur­ing the day. Cycling your unit not only helps you save up to 23% in ener­gy costs, but it also helps your co-op hold down pow­er costs. Sign up for the Smart Ther­mo­stat Pro­gram today!

Help us Beat The Peak

Post­pon­ing house­hold chores such as laun­dry, cook­ing, and dish­es to lat­er in the day can help low­er your elec­tric use and hold down pow­er costs. More than 13% of YEC’s mem­bers par­tic­i­pate in peak alerts. Togeth­er they have helped save 156,163 megawatts of ener­gy, a dol­lar equiv­a­lent of $1,388,557. Sign up for Beat the Peak today!

Storm safe­ty

Addi­tion­al­ly, I’d like to turn your atten­tion to being pre­pared in an out­age sit­u­a­tion. Your co-op pre­pares for storms by trim­ming rights-of-way and main­tain­ing our dis­tri­b­u­tion sys­tem. More than half of our lines are now under­ground. We can’t con­trol sum­mer storms, but we can respond quick­ly, keep you updat­ed on out­age restora­tion progress online and encour­age you to be pre­pared to keep you and your fam­i­ly safe.

Vis­it our storm cen­ter for help cre­at­ing an emer­gency plan, espe­cial­ly if you rely on elec­tric­i­ty for life-sav­ing mea­sures, learn more about how pow­er is restored dur­ing an out­age, and details about portable and whole-house gen­er­a­tor safe­ty.

Have fun this sum­mer and make mem­o­ries that will last a life­time with your mind at ease; your co-op is work­ing for you to keep the lights on, the bills low and your ser­vice safe. We’re proud to always look out for you.

Sin­cere­ly,

 

 

Paul Basha
Pres­i­dent and Chief Exec­u­tive Offi­cer