For saving 24.6% over last year's electrical use. CL&P was doing a program for residential use where if you saved 25% they'd give you a rebate of 1 months savings, we didn't even know they would offer it to commercial businesses.

The only change we made was to switch from 10+yo flourescent fixtures to new, energy efficient ones. Everything else has remained the same.

They are also offering an audit program to replace electric drive motors with new, energy efficient ones, which we signed up for a couple months ago. There is the potential for some sizeable savings. We've got a couple mixing machines (one a 5hp and one a 3hp), 3 packaging machines (each 3 hp), the AC compressor (I'm guessing is at least 3 hp) and 20 heater blower motors (1/5 hp each) which are all at least 15 years old and some as old as 35. It should be interesting to see what they come up with once they do the audit for the motors. Apparently a lot of the new ones spool up to speed instead of being an instant surge.

If any of you have machine shops, larger buildings or sizeable warehouse space I'd highly recommend checking with your electrical provider to see if they offer energy audits. I mean, we're saving almost $6K per year just from changing fixtures (the cost of the fixtures will be paid off by the end of next year). And that goes right towards the bottom line.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

wwooooooohooooooo, extra special Valentine's Day eigh? Now you can buy thoses roses on the way home.

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"It's normal for these things to empty your wallet and break your heart in the process."
2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL

If only I could embezzle it... Damn corporation.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

no use your check money.....besides isn't your company family owned?

I"m so tired, tired of being alonnnnne" I just loved that movie.

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"It's normal for these things to empty your wallet and break your heart in the process."
2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL

Yes, but it's a privately held corporation so we've got 20 or so annoying family members that don't have anything to do with the business but still want their dividend check every Christmas. Besides, our corporate accountant chairs the Governor's oversight committee that was put in place after the Arthur Anderson fiasco. We gets away with nothin'!

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

Good news Swamp! It's nice to hear when doing the right thing gets rewarded.

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Chad
2013 Jeep Unlimited Rubicon
OBK#44
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

SOLD
1985 300TD - Red Dragon
1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys
2006 Nissan Pathfinder LE
1998 Acura 3.0 CL

Would it be wrong to use the money to buy a garage space heater, toaster oven or neon sigh that says "We Save Power"?

Bald heads are really solar panels for sex machines.

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"It's normal for these things to empty your wallet and break your heart in the process."
2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL

You crack me up!

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles