La Mesa: Reduce Your Use Alert

Press release from the City of La Mesa:

August 17, 2020

Conservation continues to be vital to help avoid the need for rotating outages, as well as the duration of outages and the number of customers affected. Health and safety permitting, here are some actions to take to save energy:

• Set your air conditioner thermostat a few degrees higher (ideally at 78 degrees or higher) and pre-cool your home before 4 p.m. If possible, turn off the AC during a power emergency
• Use large appliances, such as dishwashers, clothes washers, and dryers before 4 p.m. or after 9 p.m.
• Reduce pool pump filtering or turn it off
• Keep the doors of your refrigerator and freezer closed.
• Switch off all unnecessary lighting (for businesses, turn off advertising signs and display/flood/decorative lighting)
• Cut down on water use because water pumping/processing requires electricity
• Don’t charge electric vehicles from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., if possible
• Defer or reduce all non-essential use of commercial and industrial equipment, such as boilers, exhaust fans, reproduction equipment, maintenance and repair equipment, dispensing machines, intercoms, cleaning equipment, circulating pumps and electric chargers.

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This press release was produced by the City of La Mesa. The views expressed here are the author’s own.