The Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) has received approval
from the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) to expand its offering
of energy-efficiency programs designed to help electric customers save
energy and manage their energy usage.
“Our current energy savings programs have successfully helped NIPSCO
customers lower their energy bills, and we are excited to provide new ways
for our customers to become even more energy efficient,” said Karl Stanley,
vice president of commercial operations for NIPSCO. “These programs provide
an important benefit to NIPSCO, its customers, and our environment by
slowing the need for future generation resources, providing simple options
for customers to manage energy use, and helping NIPSCO maintain the strong
energy infrastructure needed to support northern Indiana’s long-term
economic growth.”
In addition to reducing the carbon footprint of NIPSCO and its customers,
these programs support NIPSCO’s efforts to reach statewide energy efficiency
goals of 2 percent by 2019, the company also said.
All NIPSCO electric customers will be able to take advantage of and benefit
from the new programs. The company has already rolled out some of the
programs to help customers get a jump on energy savings, including:
•Instant savings on compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs): Through a
partnership with several local retailers, NIPSCO offers instant discounts
when customers purchase select CFL lighting. No coupons or forms are needed.
Simply visit a participating retailer and receive instant savings up to 90
percent off normal retail prices.
•Appliance recycling: NIPSCO customers can receive $35 for their old,
inefficient refrigerators and freezers and NIPSCO will haul them away for
free to be dismantled and recycled in an environmentally responsible way.
Removal of the old appliance can also save up to $100 per year in energy
costs. The program has already recycled approximately 2,500 refrigerators
and freezers.
•Commercial and industrial custom incentives: an electric program designed
to offer financial incentives to qualifying large commercial, industrial,
non-profit, educational, governmental, and institutional customers for the
completion of cost-effective energy projects involving the installation of
new, high-efficiency equipment or systems.
The additional new programs will be introduced in the coming months and will
include a variety of options, such as:
•Air conditioning cycling program,
•Expanded home weatherization for low-income customers.
•Builder and developer incentives for new construction of energy-efficient
homes.
•Energy efficiency programs for schools.
•Expanded elementary education program.
•Commercial and industrial rebates for purchasing select energy efficient
electric equipment.
•Expanded energy efficiency program with local property managers and
landlords of apartment complexes and multi-family buildings.
“NIPSCO began offering energy savings programs for its natural gas customers
in 2007,” the company said. For more information on available energy
efficiency programs and other ways customers can better manage their energy
usage, visit NIPSCO.com/SaveEnergy
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