Western's
Power Line:
1-800-POWERLN
(1-800-769-3756)
Regional Energy Services Managers:
Lakewood, CO:
Ron Horstman,
720-962-7419
Billings, MT:
Michael Radecki,
406-247-7392
Loveland, CO:
Peggy Plate,
1-800-472-2306
Phoenix, AZ:
Dewey
McLean,
602-605-2583
Folsom, CA:
Dave Christy,
916-353-4490
Salt Lake City, UT:
Paula Fronk
801-524-6383
The Energy Services Bulletin is published by Western Area Power Administration for its power customers. The mailing address is Western Area Power Administration,
POB 281213, Lakewood, CO
80228-8213;
the telephone
number
is 720-962-7451.
The mention of any service, product, or technology does not constitute an endorsement of same and Western, the Department of Energy, or the United States Government cannot be held responsible or liable for use thereof.
Editor/Web
technician:
Kevon Storie
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Utility
contest shows
how energy-efficiency
improvements
pay |
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Consumers
learn how to turn
their Energy Hog
houses into high-performance
swans from Delta-Montrose
Electric Association's
home energy makeover
contest.
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California updates
building standards
to cut energy
use |
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Changes
to the Golden State's
successful energy
efficiency building
standards focus
on reducing not
only overall energy
use, but peak energy
use in particular.
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Wyrulec
loan program
grows local business |
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Keeping
the local economy
vital is a challenge
that Wyrulec Company
in Lingle, Wyo.,
has tackled with
creativity and
vision.
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Efficient
lighting takes
off at California
airports |
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Two
airports prove
that even the most
energy-intensive
business can find
ways to save energy
by implementing energy-efficient
lighting projects.
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Nebraska's
first digester
produces energy,
controls hog
odor |
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A
simple plan to
expand his hog
operation near
Dodge, Neb., turned
Danny Kluthe into
the owner of the
state's first methane-powered
electrical generator.
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Granite
Falls,
Minn.,
offers customers
first conservation
incentive |
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Energy
efficiency has
its benefits, even
for a town blessed
with abundant,
inexpensive hydropower.
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Utility's
biodiesel fleet
promotes New
Mexico clean
energy goal |
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A
New Mexico utility
recently committed
to a major renewable
energy purchase
that doesn't involve
wind, solar, geothermal
or hydropower.
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Arizona
sun powers sustainable
farming experiment |
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Wolfberry
Farm combines the
best of modern
technology and
ancient farming
practices to revive
agriculture in
north central Arizona.
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Western
governors map
out region's
renewable energy
future |
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The
Clean and Diversified
Energy Initiative
launched by the
Western Governors'
Association in
2004 is bridging
the gap between
the West's abundant
renewable resources
and a clean, secure
energy supply.
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Heating
calculator helps
utility promote
electric heat
systems |
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Western's
online Energy Services
tools provide utilities
and consumers with
a handy weapon
in the continuing
battle to control
energy use and
costs.
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Topics
from the Power
Line:
Saving
energy, maintenance
with LED exit signs |
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Switching to light-emitting diode
exit signs could save U.S. companies
millions in electricity costs annually.
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Energy
shorts |
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- Federal
government beats
renewable energy
use goal
- Sen.
Salazar's renewable
energy summit
hailed a success
- Upper
Great Plains
office sponsors
housing workshop
series
- New
energy efficiency
tax credits take
effect
- California
Solar Initiative
revives state's
solar ambitions
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Technolgy
Spotlight:
Insulating Process Steam Systems |
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Insulating
steam distribution
and end use equipment
can be a very cost-effective
way to cut energy
costs.
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Calendar
of events |
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Vol.
25, No. 1,
February 2006
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