--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oncor and CenterPoint Energy:
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Oncor and CenterPoint Energy, Texas’ largest electric delivery utilities, will announce the Biggest Energy Saver campaign benefitting residential customers and software application developers. |
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• Barry Smitherman, chairman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas |
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• Don Clevenger, Oncor senior vice president of external affairs |
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• Floyd LeBlanc, CenterPoint vice president, corporate communications |
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The Biggest Energy Saver campaign encourages Texas residents to reduce their energy usage during the summer when energy bills are historically highest. To help consumers manage their energy usage, the Biggest Energy Saver website at www.biggestenergysaver.com, which launches June 13, will provide consumers with resources on ways to save electricity. |
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| To inspire consumers to reduce their residential energy consumption, the Biggest Energy Saver includes a challenge to educate consumers and promote use of their smart meters to manage energy usage. In the Oncor and CenterPoint service territories, residential customers could receive prizes such as new plug-in electric vehicles or smart home appliances equipped to communicate with smart meters. Software application developers will also compete for more than $150,000 in prizes. | ||
| When: | Monday, June 13 | |
| 10:00 a.m. CDT | ||
| Where: | The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum | |
| 1800 N. Congress Avenue | ||
| Austin, TX 78701 | ||
| Other Info: | Details of the Biggest Energy Saver challenge will be available mid-July. Prizes will be awarded this fall. | |
| The Biggest Energy Saver contests are sponsored by Grid21, a new non-profit and national initiative to engage customers of electricity in using a new generation of tools and technologies to better manage their electricity consumption. | ||
| Visuals: | Two Chevy Volts will be on display | |
| The Biggest Energy Saver logo will be unveiled | ||