MLGW Goes YouTube...

...to reward customers for saving energy


Show the world ways you save energy in your home and win a Home Depot gift card! We're launching a channel on YouTube where you can post a video demonstrating how you save energy in your home.

“We want our customers to show us innovative ways that they conserve energy at home everyday,” said Chris Stanley, Lead, Media Relations.

Upload videos between now and August 31 by going to MLGW's homepage and clicking on the YouTube link. The videos will be judged by MLGW staff and media representatives. The top three will receive gift cards from Home Depot valued at up to $250. The cards can be used for energy efficient home improvement items. Customers can also go to YouTube during the contest to vote for their favorite video.

Show us what you've got!

Beat the Heat & Win!

A year of free utilities anyone??

Starting Wednesday, June 25th, Channel 3 will be holding a Beat the Heat Cash Giveaway that will run through Tuesday, July 29th. Each weekday viewers will have an opportunity to win $300 in cash credit cards during News Channel 3’s 10 PM newscast. There will be 24 winners. WREG is providing the cash and gift/credit cards.

At some point during each 10PM newscast, viewers will be given a cue to call. The third caller to get through will win a $300 cash credit card. Each $300 winner will then be entered into a drawing for the Grand Prize, one year of FREE utilities – up to $3600.

Energy Kit Promotion Extended

I'd like to send a big THANK YOU to the 3,000+ MLGW customers who enrolled in MLGW's My Account services through TVA's free energy kit promotion!

For those of you who haven't had a chance to sign up yet, there is good news. TVA has extended its free energy kit promotion through December 30, 2009. So sign up for MLGW's My Account services today! Not only will you receive a free energy kit, you will learn all sorts of interesting facts about your utility usage! Be sure to complete both the "Home Profile" and "My Appliances" questions under the Home Energy Center tab.

The free energy kit includes two compact fluorescent light bulbs, outlet and light switch gaskets, filter whistle for your HVAC air filter (which sounds when your filter becomes 50% clogged letting you know it will soon need replacing), two faucet aerators, hot water temperature gauge, home thermometer, and a “How to Save” brochure.

Thirsty?

Don't forget MLGW customers who use cash to pay their utility bills at the automated kiosks located inside Exxon's On the Run markets in April and May will have an opportunity to receive a free fountain drink or coffee.

Drink coupons will be available starting tomorrow at all MLGW community offices, online, and in the monthly bill insert. This promotion is being funded entirely by TIO Networks--the company that provides the kiosks-- and Exxon.

There is a $2 TIO Networks transaction fee to use the On the Run kiosks. MLGW does not receive any revenue from this fee.

Mail Call

I got my free TVA energy kit in the mail yesterday! The kit includes two compact fluorescent light bulbs, outlet and light switch gaskets, filter whistle for your HVAC air filter (which sounds when your filter becomes 50% clogged letting you know it will soon need replacing), two faucet aerators, hot water temperature gauge, home thermometer, and a “How to Save” brochure.

MLGW has partnered with TVA so that customers who enroll in MLGW's My Account services and complete both the "Home Profile" and "My Appliances" questions under the Home Energy Center tab can also receive a free kit.

Coffee or Soda?

MLGW customers who use cash to pay their utility bills at the automated kiosks located inside Exxon's On the Run markets in April and May will have an opportunity to receive a free fountain drink or coffee.

Drink coupons will be available starting in April at all MLGW community offices, online, and in the monthly bill insert. This promotion is being funded entirely by TIO Networks--the company that provides the kiosks-- and Exxon.

There is a $2 TIO Networks transaction fee to use the On the Run kiosks. MLGW does not receive any revenue from this fee.

Free Energy Kits from TVA

As I reported in January, TVA is giving out free energy kits to customers who complete an energy audit. Ads have started running locally in the newspaper and on the radio.

MLGW has partnered with TVA so that customers who enroll in MLGW's My Account services and complete both the "Home Profile" and "My Appliances" questions under the Home Energy Center tab can also receive a free kit. This energy audit allows you to use local rates and your actual billing history, thus giving you the most accurate results.

The campaign runs through 6/30/08, or while supplies last. (Customers who completed the required sections of MLGW's My Account website earlier this year will qualify, too.) Limit one per household.

TVA sends the kits in 8-10 weeks. The kit includes two compact fluorescent light bulbs, outlet and light switch gaskets, filter whistle for your HVAC air filter (which sounds when your filter becomes 50% clogged letting you know it will soon need replacing), two faucet aerators, hot water temperature gauge, home thermometer, and a “How to Save” brochure.

Learn more about MLGW's My Account services here.

Free Light Bulbs Anyone?

MLGW’s My Account Bill Analysis* provides you with extremely detailed information on your home’s energy usage. In addition, the TVA Energy Right® Program is currently offering free conservation kits to customers in the Tennessee Valley who fill out a brief online energy audit from January 1, 2008 - June 30, 2008.

The energy conservation kit includes two compact fluorescent light bulbs, outlet and light switch gaskets, filter whistle, two faucet aerators, hot water temperature gauge, home thermometer, and "How to Save" brochure.

To begin completing your Personal Energy Profile click here. You will need to complete a number of questions relating to your home's energy usage.

*The information provided by TVA will be less accurate than the information provided by MLGW's My Account Bill Analysis, which uses your actual billing data. MLGW's Home e-Valuation energy audit tools and recommendations report are available in the tab labeled “Find Ways to Save.”