Well, this is it! The last weekend on PSE’s Rock the Bulb Tour – we’re going to miss you, bulb rockers! You’ve helped us distribute over 468,000 energy-saving CFL bulbs so far, and we couldn’t have done it without you!

Stay tuned in the next few weeks as we announce the winner of the Be an Energy Rock Star Contest! We can’t wait to see who comes out on top to win part of $45,000 in prizes.

If you are a PSE residential electric customer and you have yet to exchange 10 incandescent bulbs for free CFL bulbs, join us for some spooky fun this weekend in Olympia! Saturday, we’ll have Halloween activities and candy for the kids. And on Sunday, the folks from Spirit 105.3 FM will be on site from 2-4 PM to help us rock the Tour to a close.

Rock on!

Most Rock the Bulb Tour fans come visit us, but this October, Rock the Bulb hopped a bus to reach its fans! Not one of those tricked-out tour buses, but something even better—Sound Transit buses!

One morning earlier this month, magician Nate Jester joined the Rock the Bulb Tour as a guest act for a special performance on selected bus routes in the Puget Sound region. From Bellevue to Renton to Kent to Auburn, our magician transformed incandescent bulbs into CFL bulbs and showed commuters the money they could save by switching to CFL bulbs. Over 300 lucky folks witnessed the magic and received a free 13w CFL bulb.

A magical morning!

Drawing a crowd.

CFL bulbs reduce energy bills as if by magic!

That’s right, back-to-back record breaking weekends! When all was said and done in Auburn over 2,000 customers had exchanged 19,800 incandescent bulbs for new CFL bulbs. Many customers also toured the ENERGY STAR Exhibit House and got to hang out with KMTT and KMPS radio stations.

With the help of Auburn’s faithful bulb rockers, our totals are:

• 409,203 incandescent bulbs changed out for CFL bulbs
• 94,525,893 kWh of electricity saved
• $17,595,729 saved on energy bills
• 103,978,482 lbs of greenhouse gas emissions avoided
• Equivalent to 8,638 cars off the road

Just to repeat, that’s more than 400,000 bulbs given away so far! We’re thrilled at the response from our customers. If you haven’t joined us yet, check out our upcoming events here. We’ve had a great time with you all and are excited to see what the next few weeks have in store. There are only three events left so be sure to come rock with us soon!

Take a look at all the bulb rockers out there! Are you one of them?