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Akron-based FirstEnergy said Monday that distribution will begin in mid-October. Two compact fluorescent light bulbs will be mailed or hand-delivered to residential customers of Ohio Edison, Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. and Toledo Edison.

The cost of the program will be underwritten by customers, who FirstEnergy said can recover three times the cost through projected energy savings. Reports indicate that there will be a 60 cent charge on customers' bills for the next three years.

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I just heard about your plan to deliver two fluorescent light bulbs to all of your customers, and charge them $.60 a month for the next 3 years.

Tell me how to opt-out of this plan.  I already buy 6-packs of these light bulbs for $15, and I don't need another two for $21.

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FirstEnergy has received your inquiry. We will respond to your message
within 48 hours. If you need to contact us about this request, please reply
to this e-mail, including the Request Number in the Subject line or call
your FirstEnergy Contact Center.

Thank you for visiting FirstEnergy's Web site.

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Thank you for utilizing FirstEnergy's Customer Care website for your
account needs. Ohio Edison/Toledo Edison/The Illuminating Company is
focused on helping our customers lower their electric bills by reducing
energy use and increasing the energy efficiency of their homes and
businesses.  CFLs are simple yet effective tools for saving energy. For
example, replacing a single 100-watt incandescent bulb with a CFL of the
same light output can reduce your electric bill by $10 a year.  That’s $10
for every bulb you switch, so your savings can add up.

If a delivery person comes to your house when you are home, please simply
ask them not to deliver the bulbs to your home, and they will move on.  If
you do receive bulbs – either through the mail or at your door – feel free
to give them to a neighbor, friend or a family member.  If you want to
dispose of them, check if your municipality permits you to put CFLs in the
garbage.  If so, seal the bulb in two plastic bags and put it into the
outside trash, or other protected outside location, for the next normal
trash collection.  If not, you will need to properly recycle the bulbs.
CFL recycling is available free of charge at The Home Depot stores – or
your municipality might have other CFL recycling programs available.

This CFL program is part of a statewide effort under Ohio’s new energy law
(Senate Bill 221) to reduce the amount of electricity customers use.  As
with most state-mandated programs that are designed to benefit all
residential customers – such as energy efficiency programs and
environmental projects – the costs incurred by the utilities to implement
the program are included in residential customer rates.  So all customers
share the costs of the programs over a period of several years.

Sincerely,

Rachel
Customer Service