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.
I wonder if one can opt-out.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
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"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
It would be a shame if the lightbulbs were broken in the mail and they had to give you a refund. And of course if someone shows up to hand them to you, just refuse delivery.
Given the price they are charging it sounds like a bit of a scam, sort of like those printer cartridge phonecall scams. Might be fun to take them to court if they push the issue. But only if have a free/cheap lawyer friend who is interested.
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Great they last 10 times longer. I already have a house full of them now. So by the time they burn out and I need the new ones I will have lost them. Which means I will have gotten 0 dollars use out of my 21$.
But if anyone is serious about them I have found the best deal on them at Lowes. Mid 2$ a bulb.
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In marriage there is always one person right. And the other one is the husband.
What complete bullshit. especially the last paragraph:
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
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"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
I think I read that even if I generated my own power with solar or wind, I AM NOT allowed to sell it back to the grid, like other places can. First Energy doesn't allow it. The best I can do is a $0 bill that month. They'll take my excess electrons, they just won't pay me for it.
If I recall correctly. I heard this quite a while ago.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
GORDON wrote:Only one electricity provider as far as I know. I hope I am corrected.
Same here. Xcel shitty-ass power.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Great I can give them to my sister. Just looks like I still have to pay for them. Fuck me already lowering my bill years ago, cheaper. This is about as big of bullshit as I have heard in awhile. And fuck no I'm going to refuse delievery. Might steal a few more when he turns his back.
In marriage there is always one person right. And the other one is the husband.
I suppose we could break them on the pavement of our local First Energy office, then inform the EPA they have a mercury spill.... I might get $21 of entertainment from watching that.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
GORDON wrote:I think I read that even if I generated my own power with solar or wind, I AM NOT allowed to sell it back to the grid, like other places can. First Energy doesn't allow it. The best I can do is a $0 bill that month. They'll take my excess electrons, they just won't pay me for it.
If I recall correctly. I heard this quite a while ago.
We can sell back, but only at wholesale prices, not retail.
