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Delta Montrose Electric Assn. Wins Energy Star Award
March 28, 2006
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
recognized Delta-Montrose Electric Association (DMEA) with its
Excellence in Energy Star Outreach 2006 Award. The EPA gave DMEA the
award at a ceremony in Washington D.C. last Wednesday recognizing
DMEA’s contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions through by
promoting the purchase of energy-efficient compact fluorescent
lights (CFLs).
In a two week period coinciding with Energy Star’s
"Change a Light, Change the World" campaign last fall, DMEA launched
a "Brightening Our Communities with Energy Star-qualified CFLs"
media campaign that supported the sales of CFLs by community groups
in DMEA's service territory. Participating non-profit groups raised
$6,000 by selling 3,000 CFLs that together are expected to result in
an annual 219,000 kWh savings and a lifetime reduction of nearly 700
metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions.
DMEA did not subsidize the cost of the compact
fluorescent bulbs sold in its campaign; in fact, CFL purchasers
added a $2 donation to the nonprofit group from which they bought
the energy saving light bulbs. DMEA Manager of Marketing and Member
Services Paul Bony said. "Credit for this award goes to the
participating nonprofit groups in our service territory and to our
members who bought CFLs during this campaign. They understand that
energy efficiency measures don't cost, they pay." DMEA plans to
repeat the "Brightening Our Communities" campaign in the fall of
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