Things seemed to have slowed down a bit since our record breaking weekend in Bremerton. Little did we know what  Bellingham had is store for us!  This weekend, Bellingham showed us our most rockin’ event so far with over 1800 PSE customers joining us to exchange their incandecent bulbs for new CFL bulbs. With the help of Bellingham’s unprecedented turnout, our tour totals are now:

• 294,656 incandescent bulbs changed out for CFL bulbs
• 68,065,536 kWh of electricity saved
• $12,670,208 saved on energy bills
• 74,872,089 lbs of greenhouse gas emissions avoided
• Equivalent to 6,220 cars off the road

Rock on, Bellingham!

Thanks for rockin’ with us Bellingham, and thank you to all of the other bulb rockers out there who are helping save energy and the environment! If you haven’t come out yet, try to catch us in your neighborhood. Next weekend we’ll be headed south to Federal Way. Hope to see you there!

We took Labor Day weekend off but the folks in Mt. Vernon showed us that we hadn’t been forgotten! Almost 1,200 PSE residential electric customers came out to spend some time with their fellow energy rockstars! After last weekend, we have reached:

• 278,073 incandescent bulbs changed out for CFL bulbs
• 64,234,863 kWh of electricity saved
• $11,957,139 saved on energy bills
• 70,658,349 lbs of greenhouse gas emissions avoided
• Equivalent to 5,870 cars off the road

With Mt. Vernon behind us, we’ll be going strong all the way through October! Catch us next weekend in Bellingham, and click here to find other Rock the Bulb events. Remember to tell your friends and family about us! No need to keep the bulb rockin’ to yourself.

Rockin' out at Rock the Bulb

Thank you to everyone for your support so far, and be sure to stay tuned this week for some great energy saving tips!

Ahoy, Bulb Rockers!

We’ve missed you! After a break last weekend, we are gearing up to once again Rock the Bulb, this time in Mount Vernon September 12-13, 10 AM – 4 PM each day. If you haven’t already, join us this weekend to turn in up to 10 incandescent bulbs in exchange for 10 CFL bulbs.

We now have more than 4,200 Be an Energy Rock Star Contest participants. Carilyn B. has been holding on to the lead for the last three weeks, and her point total is now 185 points. But watch out: William V. is hot on her heels with 180 points.  With less than two months left in the contest, start catching up! Here are some ideas:

• Stop by an upcoming Rock the Bulb Tour stop to earn 50 points for exchanging up to ten bulbs, as well as an additional 50 for visiting all the stations and speaking with a PSE Home Energy Advisor. That’s 100 points in one stop!
• Been to an event already? Liked it? Come back and volunteer! It’s a fun and interactive way to get another 30 points towards the contest.
• Don’t forget to recruit your friends to sign up for the contest—each one that signs up scores YOU 5 points. That may not seem like a lot of points, don’t forget: but slow and steady wins the race.

Energy-Saving Tip of the Week: Summer is winding down, sadly, and for the Pacific Northwest, this usually means a straight shot into winter. This also means it’s a great time to check your air filter! A dirty air filter will slow down air flow and make your HVAC system work harder to keep you cool or warm, which wastes energy. Check it at least once a month during heavy-use seasons (summer and winter) and once every three months during light use.

For more energy-saving tips, check out PSE’s Energy Insider – in a couple weeks, you’ll be able to get contest points for using EI to set energy savings goals and tracking your energy use during October – this is the way to earn the big contest points, so get ready!

Rock the Bulb has distributed more than 247,000 energy-saving CFL bulbs to PSE residential electric customers so far! Installed, these bulbs represent over 57.1 million kWh of electricity saved, over $10.6 million saved on energy bills, and greenhouse gas emissions equal to taking over 5,200 cars off the road for a year.

Saving energy sure rocks.

Attention, bulb rockers! PSE’s Rock the Bulb Tour hit a milestone this past weekend in Oak Harbor. Between our Tour events and Project Porchlight’s community outreach efforts, PSE has now given away over 200,000 CFL bulbs since the tour began! Great job, everyone! If you haven’t participated yet and are a PSE residential electric customer, be sure to come out and exchange some bulbs of your own. Also, be sure to spread the word to family and friends so they can get in on the energy savings too! As of today, our Rock the Bulb totals are:

• 227,785 incandescent bulbs exchanged for CFL bulbs
• 52,618,335 kWh of electricity saved
• $9,794,755 saved on energy bills
• 57,880,168 lbs of greenhouse gas emissions avoided
• Equivalent to 4,808 cars off the road

With so much bulb rocking going on lately, we’ll be taking a break for Labor Day weekend, but don’t worry, we’ll be back on the road next week with an event in Mt. Vernon September 12 and 13, 10 AM to 4 PM each day.

Stay tuned, we’ll be back before you know it!