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Power Lines Newsletters - 2008

May 2008

  • Metal Theft is Dangerous and Costly
  • Drive-Up Payment Service Notice
  • Work Safely Around Electricity
  • Please Leave Utility Poles Alone
  • Buy ENERGY STAR Appliances, Earn Rebates
  • $250 Rebate on Marathon Water Heaters

April 2008

  • Go Green With Choice Energy Wind Power
  • GLOW Book Sale April 1-30
  • ENERGY STAR Homes Deliver Comfort, Savings, Value
  • Benefits of ENERGY STAR Homes
  • Choose an ENERGY STAR Qualified Manufactured Home

March 2008

  • Tips for managing higher winter electric bills
  • GLOW Book Sale April 1-30
  • Call Before You Dig
  • Convenient bill payment options for everybody

February 2008

  • Keep warm for less through the winter months
  • Simple, free ways to lower your energy bills
  • Wind power = solar energy
  • PUD calendar photo contest
  • How energy-efficient is your home?
  • My Fair Lady Pageant seeks nominations
  • Finance home improvements with a Community Partners Loan

January 2008

  • Turn your roof into a power plant
  • PUD's annual audit now underway
  • If your power goes out
  • PUD community service and utility industry scholarships
  • ENERGY STAR appliance rebates

Power Lines Newsletters - 2007

December 2007

  • Restoring power after outages
  • Use generators safely
  • LED holiday lights
  • PUD employees donate $15,000 to United Way
  • Thank you Choice Energy business partners!

November 2007

  • Green Dams, Blue Skies
  • No Power?
  • If someone in your home is on life support...
  • Buy Wind Power
  • Weatherize Your Home
  • Holiday Safety Tips
  • Create a Home Emergency Kit

October 2007

  • Maintaining Reliabe Service
  • When the Power Goes Out
  • Simplify Life with Always Current
  • LIEAP Assistance available from CAT
  • Marathon Water  Heaters
  • Switch to CFLs
  • GLOW Christmas Basket Raffle

September 2007

  • Celebrate Public Power Week October 8-12
  • PUD office closed September 28
  • Tim Lammers promoted to Energy Services Supervisor
  • Give to GLOW

August 2007

  • Heat Pumps Deliver Summer Cooling, Winter Savings
  • PUD Board Supports Northwest Dams
  • Simplify life with Always Current Automatic Bill Payment
  • Last chance to enter the Calendar Photo Contest
  • Switch to Compact Fluorescent Lighting
  • We need access to your meter

July 2007

  • Tips for beating the summer heat
  • Electric rates staying low
  • Scholarship winners announced
  • Choice Energy business partners
  • Tree trimming near service lines
  • It's home improvement time again
  • Automatic Payment with Always Current
  • 2006 Annual Report available

June 2007

  • PUD Electric Rates are Not Increasing
  • Wind Power Creates a Cleaner Future
  • Send your great shots in for the Calendar Photo Contest
  • Sign up for Choice Energy, go see Beauty and the Beast
  • Come visit us at the fair
  • Free CFLs!
  • Heat Pumps offer year-round comfort & energy savings

May 2007

  • Metal theft is dangerous and costly
  • Work safely around electricity
  • Please leave utility poles alone
  • $250 rebate on Marathon® water heaters
  • Pre-approval required for weatherization projects
  • Call before you dig
  • Buy CFLs!

April 2007

  • Weatherization program changing May 1
  • Book sale this month benefits GLOW
  • Call before you dig
  • Buy wind power
  • ENERGY STAR® homes deliver comfort, savings & value

March 2007

  • Convenient bill payment options for everybody
  • My Fair Lady Pageant seeks nominations
  • Change a Light, Change the World. Buy CFLs!
  • Our Energy Experts are here to help
  • These local businesses made a great Choice!

February 2007

  • Keep warm for less this winter
  • Simple, free ways to lower energy bills
  • PUD calendar photo contest
  • How efficient is your home?
  • Finance efficiency improvements
  • Free Tickets - Manufactured Home Show

January 2007

  • Strong storm batters Pacific Northwest
  • Community service scholarships available
  • Appliance rebate program changing
  • Annual Audit underway

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Power Lines Newsletters - 2006


December 2006

  • Metals theft is dangerous and costly
  • Always Current automatic bill payment
  • Buy wind power
  • GenerLink transfer switches
  • Surge suppression tips

November 2006

  • Prepare for outages
  • Buy wind power
  • Changes to special waiver, deposits, late fees
  • Savings With A Twist
  • Home emergency kits

October 2006

  • Rates decreasing
  • Buy wnd power
  • LIEAP appointment notice
  • Savings With A Twist
  • Lifetime water heaters

September 2006

  • Rates may change slightly
  • Free community dinner
  • PUD earns high marks in survey
  • Save on energy-efficent products with the Smart Savings Guide
  • Fish & Wildlife costs affect your PUD Rates
  • Buy wind power

August 2006

  • Calendar photo contest
  • Tree trimming near service lines
  • Buy wind power
  • Window replacement program changing
  • Maintaining reliable service
  • Access to customer meters

July 2006

  • Buy wind power
  • Keep cool without breaking the banks
  • Rate changes possible in October
  • Heat pumps offer year-round comfort, savings
  • Skip the stamp, choose Power Pay
  • Weatherization increases your home's comfort, value

June 2006

  • Energy saving coupons
  • 2006 My Fair Lady Court
  • Book Sale Raises $1,600
  • 2007 photo contest
  • Thermostat rebates
  • Leave utility poles alone
  • Plant the right tree

May 2006

  • Electrical Safety
  • Super Good Cents Manufactured Homes

April 2006

  • Energy Star New Homes
  • Call before you dig
  • GLOW quilt raffle
  • Choice Energy

March 2006

  • GLOW book sale
  • BPA CRAC Charge increasing April 1
  • Choice Energy-Burgerville promotion extended
  • Bill payment options for everyone

February 2006

  • Winter starts with a cold snap
  • Simple ways to lower your energy bills
  • Menu of services

January 2006

  • Buying wind power just got a lot sweeter
  • My Fair Lady Pageant seeks nominations
  • PUD's annual audit now underway
  • Community Service Scholarship applications now available

Power Lines Newsletters - 2005

December 2005

  • What to do if the power goes out
  • If someone in your home is on life support
  • Holiday safety tips
  • Protect your equipment from voltage surges

November 2005

  • Restoring power after major outages
  • How to make a home emergency kit
  • Use standby generation safely
  • GLOW Christmas basket raffle

October 2005

  • PUD Board approves rate decrease
  • The Neighbor's GLOW Fund
  • LIEAP Funds available through CAT
  • Skip the stamp - choose Power Pay

September 2005

  • Celebrate Public Power Week
  • Halogen torchiere trade-up program
  • Public Power is hometown power

August 2005

  • Summer electrical safety tips
  • Menu of services

July 2005

  • Halogen torchiere turn-in program
  • Energy-efficient heat pumps
  • Choice Energy wind power program

June 2005

  • Choice Energy program
  • Calendar photo contest
  • Trees & service lines

May 2005

  • crpud.net Internet Service sold
  • TWACS automated meter reading
  • Spring into Savings

April 2005

  • New website
  • BPA CRAC charge increasing
  • Dial-up Internet plans
  • Call before you dig

March 2005

  • Home weatherization
  • Community Partners loan program
  • Choice Energy wind power program
  • Ways to simplify bill paying

February 2005

  • Now open 24 hours a day (Account Online)
  • Concerned about high winter heating bills?
  • crpud.net Internet Service
  • Free admission - Oregon Manufactured Home Show

January 2005

  • New Choice Energy wind power program
  • My Fair Lady pageant seeks nominations
  • PUD's annual audit now underway