• Escalating summer peaks turn United Power into load warrior

Colorado's Front Range has become a land of summer peaks where air conditioners are the nemesis, and United Power has chosen the heat pump as its weapon.

• SMUD green mower program saves customers green

A generous rebate program encourages customers of Sacramento Municipal Utility District to trade in their noisy, smoky gas-powered mowers for a quiet, emissions-free electric mower.

• Webinar introduces utilities to industrial energy-efficiency tools

Utilities can find the tools they need to create energy-efficiency programs for large, industrial customers through DOE's Industrial Technologies Program. 

• Technology Spotlight: Residential heat-pump water heaters

Heat-pump water heaters can meet most of a household's hot water needs using about half as much electricity as conventional electric water heaters.

• Web site of the month: DOE EERE Industrial Technologies Program

DOE's Industrial Technologies Program offers power providers no- and low-cost resources to help them reduce their industrial customers' costly energy bills.

• Calendar of events

• Breaking news

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Ed Maycumber says that United Power's "boiler room" is clean, quiet and safe — because the geothermal heat pump-conditioned building needs no boiler. Read more.

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Vol. 27, No. 1,
January 2008

Regional Energy Services Managers:
Lakewood, CO:
Ron Horstman
720-962-7419
Billings, MT:
Michael Radecki
406-247-7392
Loveland, CO:
Linda Swails
970-461-7339
Phoenix, AZ:
Audrey Colletti
602-605-2659
Folsom, CA:
Sandee Peebles
916-353-4454
Salt Lake City, UT:
Paula Fronk
801-524-6383

The Energy Services Bulletin is published by Western Area Power Administration for its power
customers.

Editor/Web technician:
Kevon Storie
720-962-7508

The mention of any service, product, or technology does not constitute an endorsement of same and Western, the Department of Energy, or the United States Government cannot be held responsible or liable for use thereof.