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Today’s Clues:

Location 1: “Researching my bets for the evening, I’m thinking Luke Stallwalker to place in the second race…”

Location 2: “Taking a break from rockin’ and relaxing in the 320-acre wetland nature park in the middle of the city…”

Today’s Winners:

• Joseph B. found the bulb hidden at Bellevue Arts Museum!
• David W. found the bulb hidden at the Silverdale branch of the Kitsap Regional Library!

 Sure, the next Rock the Bulb Tour stop is this weekend in Issaquah, but that doesn’t mean you can’t keep rockin’ the bulb!

 Good luck, everyone!

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!

Calling all Puget Sound Energy residential electric customers!

This week PSE launches Rock the Bulb, the energy-savings event of the year! By rocking the bulb, we can all think a little bit more about reducing emissions and preserving resources – all while saving on electricity bills!

This summer and fall, PSE will give away almost 400,000 free energy-saving compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs to residential electric customers. Attend our first bulb exchange event this weekend at Renton Lowe’s and get up to 10 free CFL bulbs, participate in fun activities for the whole family, and compete for the opportunity to win great prizes!

Check back here after the event for a full report, including photos and energy savings info!

What:
PSE’s Rock the Bulb Tour—Unplugged! Bring in up to 10 old-fashioned incandescent bulbs and exchange them for up to 10 FREE CFL bulbs in a variety of shapes and styles. Participate in fun, family-friendly games and activities, get energy efficiency tips from PSE Energy Advisors, and enter the Be an Energy Rock Star Contest for an opportunity to win part of $45,000 in cool prizes!

When:
Saturday and Sunday, July 11-12, from 10 AM to 4 PM

Where:
Renton Lowe’s Store

Why:
10 Free CFLs and a chance to save energy, money and help protect the environment!