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

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!

Just when we thought things couldn’t get any bigger than our weekend in Bremerton, Port Orchard shattered our record! This last weekend, over 1,650 PSE residential electric customers stopped by and exchanged over 15,400 incandescent bulbs for new, efficient CFL bulbs! After this weekend, our tour totals are now:

• 143,567 incandescent bulbs changed out for CFL bulbs
• 33,163,977 kWh of electricity saved
• $6,173,381 saved on energy bills
• 36,480,374 lbs of greenhouse gas emissions avoided
• Equivalent to 3,030 cars off the road

Port Orchard wraps up our time on the Kitsap Peninsula. Thanks to all who came out and rocked the bulb with us! Our next stop will be at Anacortes Ace Hardware August 22nd and 23rd from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. We’ll see you there!

A young Port Orchard fellow learns the ways of the bulb-rockers!

Well another PSE Rock the Bulb Tour event has come and gone–and what an event it was! Bremerton was our busiest weekend yet, with 1,450 PSE residential electric customers rocking the bulb and exchanging almost 13,500 bulbs!

So far, our Rock the Bulb Tour savings totals are now:

• 101,091 incandescent bulbs changed out for CFL bulbs
• 23,352,021 kWh of electricity saved
• $4,346,913 saved on energy bills
• 25,687,223 lbs of greenhouse gas emissions avoided
• Equivalent to taking 2,134 cars off the road

If you’ve missed us so far, we’ll be at the Lowe’s in Port Orchard August 15th and 16th from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. This will be our last weekend on the Kitsap Peninsula so be sure not to miss out!

Rock the Bulb: Tell your family! Tell your friends! Tell your... dog?

Shannon M. of Olympia is today’s lucky Golden Bulb finder! Shannon tracked down the bulb at the Auburn Mayor’s Office and earned herself a $250 gift card to Lowe’s. Congratulations, Shannon!

Shannon and her prize bulb.

Today’s additional Golden Bulb clues are:

• I’m learning all about collecting, preserving, and interpreting the Naval heritage of the Pacific Northwest. Too bad bulbs can’t enlist!
• This place focuses on history, but got a brand new name and location for itself in 2007. On the water, fittingly!

As always, follow us on twitter or facebook to get up-to-the-minute Golden Bulb clue delivery!

And if you haven’t attended a Rock the Bulb Tour event, come see us at the Bremerton Lowe’s this weekend, August 8 and 9 from 10 AM to 4 PM each day. PSE residential electric customers can bring in up to 10 incandescent bulbs and exchange them for up to 10 free, energy-efficient CFL bulbs.

Rock on!

Next Stop: Bremerton

Hey Bulb Rockers! Thank you to everyone who came out to our first Kitsap Peninsula tour stop last weekend! Over the weekend, more than 1,000 PSE residential electric customers exchanged over 9,000 incandescent bulbs for new, energy-efficient CFL bulbs!

So far, the Rock the Bulb Tour has:

• Exchanged over 73,000 incandescent bulbs for new CFL bulbs
• Saved over 12.7 million kWh of electricity
• Saved more than $2.3 million on energy bills
• Prevented greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to taking over 1,100 cars off the road for a year

If you’re a PSE residential electric customer and you missed us last weekend, don’t worry! We’ll be at the Lowe’s in Bremerton this weekend (August 8 and 9, 10:00 AM-4:00 PM each day). Look for us under the parking lot tent.

Great work to all of our bulb rockers so far and to those about to rock–we salute you!

Golden Bulb Clues of the Day

The elusive Golden Bulb is still at large! Be the first to find a Golden Bulb and you could win a $250 Lowe’s or Ace Hardware gift card! Follow us on twitter or Facebook for daily clues. Today’s clues are:

• I’ve found another opportunity to receive free bulbs, but this kind is better for your yard than your light fixtures.
• I’m trying to fathom all the fun I could be having during the summer festival in this city.

Happy bulb hunting!

Thanks to all who came out to our Bellevue Rock the Bulb Tour event last weekend! We exchanged more than 10,000 bulbs for almost 1,200 PSE residential electric customers. In just two weeks, Rock the Bulb savings include:

• 28,690 incandescent bulbs changed out for CFL bulbs
• 6,627,390 kWh of electricity saved
• $1,233,670 saved on energy bills
• 7,290,129 lbs of greenhouse gas emissions avoided
• Equivalent to 605 cars off the road for a year

If you missed us this weekend, be sure to come out and take part in the fun and energy savings! You’ll have a chance to exchange your incandescent bulbs for energy efficient CFLs, experience the battle of the bulbs, spin the wheel of lights and more!

Two tour-goers pedaling in the battle of the bulbs

 If you missed us, catch the next tour stop at the Issaquah Lowe’s on July 25-26, from 10 AM – 4 PM.

The July 17 media launch of Puget Sound Energy’s Rock the Bulb Tour was a great success. The launch event was held at the Bellevue Lowe’s store, with Bellevue Mayor Grant Degginger addressing the crowd, along with PSE’s VP of Energy Efficiency Services, Cal Shirley and PSE spokesperson Andy Wappler.

Kids from the Bellevue Family YMCA were quizzed on their knowledge of energy and the environment, getting hands on-lessons in both  by riding the energy comparison bikes, visiting the home electronics station and spinning the giant lighting wheel!

As they boarded the bus to depart, PSE staff handed our young YMCA rock stars Rock the Bulb t-shirts, excited to see the smiles on their faces and energy efficiency in their conversations.

Check out some of the media coverage here, here and here!

Bellevue Mayor Grant Degginger shows the energy, money and environmental savings potential of CFL bulbs.

Check out some of the photos from the first stop on PSE’s Rock the Bulb Tour – Unplugged. A great, energy-efficient time was had by all!

All set up and ready to rock!

The old incandescents begin to pile up!

Project Porchlight volunteer Ron educates PSE customers about energy-efficient home electronics products.

After turning in their old incandescents, PSE customers chose from a variety of free CFL bulbs.

PSE’s Rock the Bulb Tour is off to a great start! Last weekend, PSE Rocked the Bulb at the Renton Lowe’s.  Thanks to Lowe’s, our staff and volunteers for all their help – and thanks to all our residential electric customers who came out, rain or shine, to exchange their old incandescent bulbs for free energy-saving CFL bulbs.

More than 500 customers came out and exchanged over 4,600 incandescent bulbs for CFLs. In addition, PSE partner Project Porchlight distributed about 13,600 bulbs door-to-door and at community events in the Renton area over the last two weeks.

By rocking the bulb, together we can save energy, money and help protect the environment! Renton savings numbers include:

• More than 4.2 million kWh of electricity saved over the life of the CFL bulbs
• Almost $785,000 saved on electricity bills
• More than 4.6 million pounds of greenhouse gas emissions avoided – equivalent to taking 385 cars off the road for a year.

Stay tuned for photos from the event. Thank you to everyone who came out last weekend and be sure catch the next leg of our tour July 18-19 at Lowe’s in Bellevue!

Pssst…If you haven’t already, don’t forget to sign up for the Be an Energy Rock Star Contest – show off your energy-saving skills for an opportunity to win part of over $45,000 in cool prizes!