Green Living: Energy Saving Tips from Santee Cooper Green
April 10, 2009
MONCKS CORNER, SC – April 10, 2009 – Santee Cooper sold more than 24,000 megawatt hours (MWhs) of Green Power in 2008 directly to 2,325 customers and to an additional 3,718 customers through the state’s 20 electric cooperatives.
If you’ve thought about joining the ranks of this green team but have been putting it off, Santee Cooper is sweetening the deal by giving new Green Power customers who sign up by the end of July a free snooze button for your computer monitor. The U.S. Department of Energy recommends shutting off your monitor if you’re going to be away from your computer for more than 20 minutes, and with this handy tool a simple push of the button will shave a little off your energy bill.
Santee Cooper generated more than 77,000 MWhs of Green Power in 2008 from renewable landfill-biogas and solar energy. Green Power is available for residential customers in blocks of 100 kilowatt hours at $3 per block. Every dollar of Green Power sales is reinvested into future renewable projects in South Carolina.
“No utility has done more than Santee Cooper to advance renewable energy in South Carolina,” says Vice President of Retail Operations Zack Dusenbury, “Our Green Power customers are a vital part of that. When our customers purchase renewable Green Power, generated since 2001 in our landfill generating stations, that money supports programs such as Green Power Solar Schools and new initiatives with our Palmetto Wind Research Project.”
To learn more, call 843-347-3399 in the Horry-Georgetown area, 843-761-8000 elsewhere, or visit www.SanteeCooper.com/GreenPower.
Santee Cooper
Santee Cooper is South Carolina’s state-owned electric and water utility, and the state’s largest power producer, supplying electricity to more than 163,000 retail customers in Berkeley, Georgetown, and Horry counties, as well as to 30 large industrial facilities, the cities of Bamberg and Georgetown, and the Charleston Air Force Base. Santee Cooper also generates the power distributed by the state’s 20 electric cooperatives to more than 700,000 customers in all 46 counties. Approximately 2 million South Carolinians receive their power directly or indirectly from Santee Cooper. The utility also provides water to 137,000 consumers in Berkeley and Dorchester counties, and the town of Santee. For more information, visit www.SanteeCooper.com.
