Why turn off the lights?
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December 30, 2007 - 06:30 PM
Last Updated: February 06, 2008 - 09:28 AM

Each flip of the switch adds up.

For one lightbulb, that’s just watts of power. But on your electric bill, it’s measured in kilowatts, and on the macro level, it adds up to megawatts.

While electricity can’t be saved in a warehouse for use later, not using it is a good thing. Each time you flip off the lights, that’s power the utilities don’t have to generate. And while that may seem like a tiny bit of power on an individual level, the individuals are piling up in Washington.

“The region is constantly growing,” Puget Sound Energy spokeswoman Dorothy Bracken said. “New customers are hooked up every day.”

Using less energy eases the pressure on existing power resources and the need to find more.

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A bill is a bill lowering that bill is a no brainer.

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