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Cooperative News
Chippewa Valley is now providing a rebate in the form of a bill credit on compact fluorescent
light (CFL) bulbs. Chippewa Valley will issue a $2.00 credit on up to five (5) compact fluorescent bulbs
when they are purchased and installed.
CFL's are small fluorescent bulbs that replace incandescent bulbs. CFL's typically use 75% less electricity
and will last up to ten times longer than the standard bulb. CFL's tend to cost more than a standard incandescent
but the energy savings and bulb life add up to substantial savings over the life of the bulb. The following website has
loads of information on CFL's and their benefits to the environment EnergyStar.
Requirements for participating in the program are:
Must be an active account
Bulbs purchased during 2008
Copy of dated receipt required
Credit of $2.00 per bulb up to five bulbs
Program can be cancelled at anytime without further notice
We have provided a copy of the rebate form that you can print out, fill out and return witht a copy of the
dated receipt.
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Other Items of Interest
During the final months of 2007 Chippewa Valley Electric offerred a $3.00 rebate per string of LED lights purchased. 125 Members, purchasing 682 strings
of the energy efficient LED lights, took advantage of the program. We would like to have seen more participation, but since the program was intiated so late
in the year, we still felt it was successful.
LED stands for "Light Emitting Diode". LED lights have a number of advantages over conventional lighting
Energy-efficient - .08 watts per LED C7 multicolor bulb (compared to .48 watts for an incandescent mini-light and 6.0 watts for a standard incandescent C7 bulb
Long Life span - up to 100,000 hours or more used indoors, half that outdoors and some manufacturers provide a limited lifetime warranty.
Safety - no chance of combustion since the bulbs are cool to the touch regards of how long they are on.
Sturdy bulbs - the epoxy lenses are virtually indestructible.
Chippewa Valley Electric and our power supplier, Dairyland Power Cooperative, joined to offer this rebate in hopes of reducing the
additional electrical load created by holiday lighting. In the past Dairyland Power Cooperative has estimated the holiday light load to
be approximately 60 Megawatts, or 60,000 kwh each hour that all the holiday lights are on during the holiday season. The LED lights use approximately
85% less electricity so if all holiday lights were converted to LED's Dairyland's seasonal lighting load could be reduced by 51 Megawatts.
Underground Cable Locates
Chippewa Valley Electric Cooperative is a member of Digger's Hotline. If you need the underground electric lines located, please contact Digger's Hotline at 811. According to Wisconsin State Law, you must allow three working days before you dig. There are no charges from Chippewa Valley Electric Cooperative to locate the lines.
Please remember that our responsibility ends at the meter. We do not locate underground lines buried from the meter to your building(s). If the cable you need located is your own, please contact your electrician. You will be notified by mail if CVEC does not have any underground lines to locate.
For more information on locates please follow this link-Locate Information
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