Watt Watchers--important information that can help you save energy and money!

Watt Watchers is Allegheny Power's program to help customers learn more about saving energy and money. We are committed to helping our customers make smart energy choices. We have energy conservation programs and information that will help you manage your electric bill and use energy more efficiently.
   

Energy Efficiency Kits Available Online
As part of its Watt Watchers: Use Energy Wisely Campaign, customers can now purchase discounted energy-saving products online at www.apwattwatchers.com.

Allegheny offers two kits containing energy-efficient products:

  • Compact Fluorescent Light Kit contains two energy-saving bulbs.
  • Deluxe Kit, which contains an assortment of bulbs, efficient water dispensers, draft sealing materials and educational tips for even more savings.
   
Change a Light! The ENERGY STAR Change a Light Campaign is a national challenge to encourage every American to help change the world, one light — one energy-saving step — at a time. You can show your commitment by pledging to replace at least one light in your home with one that has earned the ENERGY STAR. Click the image to take the pledge or click here to read more about Change a Light.
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Allegheny Power is an ENERGY STAR Partner
Allegheny Power is proud to announce that it is partnering with ENERGY STAR®, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s voluntary program which offers consumers energy efficient solutions to control energy usage, save money and protect the environment.

Through the partnership, Allegheny is joining a nationwide effort to eliminate energy waste by promoting energy efficient appliances, building techniques and home improvements along with energy management strategies for homes and businesses. ENERGY STAR was introduced by EPA in 1992 as a voluntary market-based partnership to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through energy efficiency. Today, the ENERGY STAR label can be found on more than 50 different kinds of products as well as new and existing homes.

Learn more about energy conservation:

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Business Customers

Allegheny Power has always encouraged its customers to use energy wisely. Conserving energy has two important benefits—reducing your bill and reducing the impact on the environment. You have the power to make important changes and Allegheny is committed to helping you make smart energy choices.

Allegheny Power is developing a number of new programs for customers that will help drive efficiency and conservation to new levels:

  • Making energy-saving compact fluorescent light bulbs available to customers through partnerships with retailers, distributors or as part of energy-efficiency kits.
  • Helping customers conduct home energy audits.
  • Conducting workshops for business customers to encourage participation in utility demand reduction programs.
  • Launching an automated metering pilot program to help customers better understand and manage their energy usage.
  • Partnering with the Department of Energy in an initiative in Morgantown, W.Va. to upgrade utility infrastructure to accommodate the next generation of demand-side management technology.
  • Offering customers the option to purchase electricity from renewable sources through a ‘green’ tariff.
  • Educating students about energy conservation and how to reduce energy usage at home. Allegheny Power will offer free educational materials for school students across its service territory this fall.

In addition to the new programs, Allegheny already has a portfolio of existing energy conservation programs that have helped customers reduce peak loads and lower energy consumption:

  • Generation Buy-Back is a voluntary, peak load reduction plan that offers financial rewards to commercial and industrial customers who can reduce their power consumption during periods of high demand or prices.
  • Net metering is a program for consumers who own small renewable energy sources, providing credit on their bill for the electricity they generate.
  • Advanced meters are capable of storing electric consumption data at specified time intervals in conformance with applicable performance specifications and capable of remote meter reading.
  • Energy data services provide business customers the ability to access historical electric load data providing critical information needed to make money-saving energy decisions.
  • Data Pulses provides near real-time energy data enabling industrial customers to take advantage of load management systems and tools.
  • Through the West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund, the Keystone Home Energy Loan Program offers low–interest rate loans with extended payment terms for qualifying energy efficient home improvement projects for Allegheny’s Pennsylvania residential customers. 
  • The Smart Thermostat Program, funded by the West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund, provides low-income Fayette County, Pa. citizens with a state-of-the-art internet-enabled thermostat, programming administration and oversight, and installation of the device in the participant’s homes.