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PSE Customers With Electric Furnaces
In Manufactured Homes Can Receive
Free Duct
Sealing & Other Incentives
Energy-Efficient Upgrades For Pierce
County
Neighborhoods That Could Cut Heating Bills By
Up To 30%
BELLEVUE,
Wash. -- Puget
Sound Energy is offering electric customers who live in manufactured homes and
use electric forced-air as their primary heat source the chance to seal up
leaky ductwork and receive other energy efficiency upgrades for free.
The service is being offered to PSE
customers in several areas around Pierce County: Graham, Orting, Puyallup and Sumner. The estimated value to each customer is about $500,
and the upgrades could reduce their heating bills by approximately 30 percent.
A large number of manufactured homes likely
have leaky heating and cooling systems that have to work overtime, which
results in higher energy bills. The program helps customers who live in manufactured
homes install energy-efficient measures to increase their comfort and manage
their energy bills.
PSE has teamed up with energy
services specialist UCONS, LLC to install the free energy-efficient upgrades. A
certified specialist will seal the ductwork, as well as provide free, on-site installation
of ENERGY STAR® qualified compact fluorescent light bulbs in high-use
areas such as kitchens, living rooms and bedrooms. Customers also receive furnace
air filter replacements and up to two energy-efficient showerheads.
To qualify, those living in
manufactured homes must be PSE electric customers and use electric forced-air
as the primary heat source. Eligible
homeowners cannot have previously received PSE’S manufactured home
energy-efficiency upgrade service.
UCONS
representatives will be going door-to-door with flyers to discuss the service
with PSE customers. PSE customers can also request the service by calling
UCONS at 1-800-828-8440.
Puget Sound Energy is Washington
state’s oldest local energy company.
We serve 1.1 million electric customers and more than 760,000
natural gas customers in 10 counties.
For more information, visit www.pse.com.
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