Consumerist
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con ed
Help! Are "Free Light Bulbs" From Con Ed A Scam?
Reader Fiona wants to know if the people calling from "Con Ed" offering "free light bulbs" are running a scam. More » -
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Power Company Apologizes For Charging Customers For Sending Them CFLs They Didn't Ask For
No doubt "taking" the backlash "seriously," the Maryland power company that sent customers unsolicited CFL lightbulbs, and then silently charged them $.96/month for it, has apologized. The company will appear before the Maryland Public Service Commission tomorrow for a hearing. "We stand ready to take whatever corrective actions are deemed necessary by the commission," Allegheny Power President said. Yes, they're probably going to tell you to refund people's money, you jackasses.
Allegheny apologizes for lightbulb upset [FredrickNewsPost]
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Maryland Electric Company Sends You Unsolicited Light Bulbs, Charges $12
An electric company in Maryland, Allegheny Power, sent its customers some CFL light bulbs as part of a consumer education program. Sounds nice until you find out that they customers were charged $0.96 a month (about $12 a year) for the two light bulbs. More » -
seeing the light
Congress Pulls The Plug On Incandescents
Say goodbye to wasteful incandescents. Congress' recently passed energy bill bans stores from selling the inefficient bulbs starting in 2012. We know you love incandescents and their warm glowing warming glow, but compact fluorescents are vastly superior—their takeover was inevitable.
"Sure, you'll see more compact fluorescents five years from now, but you would have seen them without any energy bill," said the chief executive of Osram Sylvania, Charlie Jerabek.
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good to know
IKEA Will Recycle Your CFLs For Free
If you have an IKEA store near you, give them your old CFLs and they'll recycle them for free. CFLs contain small amounts of mercury and should not be thrown away or recycled with glass bottles. More » -
energy
Walmart Launches House Brand CFLs
Walmart seems really serious about this whole environmental thing. They'd really appreciate it if you'd buy their new house brand "Great Value" CFL light bulbs. More » -
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Installing CFLs Decreased Family's Electric Bill
Blogging Away Debt made this graph to show how much their family reduced energy consumption by installing compact fluorescent light bulbs and unplugging a freezer in the basement. The chart shows a decrease of around 2-3 average kilowatts hours per day, resulting in electrical bills that were about a half as much as before.
A Few Changes Made a Big Difference in Our Electric Bill [Blogging Away Debt]
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If you're interested in switching to "green light," check out this comprehensive but digestible CFL buying and use guide. [Danny Lipford]
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lightbulbs
Will LED Lightbulbs Outshine CFLs?
There's been much talk of CFLs replacing traditional incandescent bulbs, but it may be LED lightbulbs that take the spotlight. More » -
white noise
The Anatomy Of The "Dangerous Levels Of Mercury In CFLs" Myth
A woman in Maine broke a CFL and, rather than carefully cleaning the mess up herself, she called Home Depot. They told her not to vacuum, and directed her to call Poison Control. Poison Control directed her to the Maine DEP, who then sent an agent. The agent told her to call in a toxic waste team to give an estimate. Naturally, they told her it was going to be around $2,000. She heard that number, walled off the bedroom and alerted the local media. More »
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