The Power Crisis:

What You Can Do To Cut Your Utility Bill

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January  31, 2001



For more information contact:

          Paul Gipe, SC Kern-Kaweah Chapter 661 822 9150

          Glenn Shellcross, SC Kern-Kaweah Chapter 661 832 3382

          Tor Allen, Rahus Institute 925 370 7262





                        The Power Crisis



            What You Can Do To Cut Your Utility Bill





(Bakersfield, Calif.) The Sierra Club will sponsor a seminar on what

consumers can do to lower their utility bills on Thursday, 15 February,

from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at Bakersfield's Beale Memorial Library, 701

Truxtun Ave.



The Kern-Kaweah Chapter of the Sierra Club will host Tor Allen of the Rahus

Institute. Allen will explain how customers of Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

can qualify for a little-known but lucrative subsidy to install solar cells

and generate some of their own power. 



The seminar will also discuss how consumers can improve the efficiency of

home appliances and otherwise cut their utility bills by reducing their

consumption of electricity. Vendors of solar power systems will also be on

hand to answer questions.



Allen is an expert on California's solar "buy-down" program that offers

substantial rebates to utility customers who install solar cells or small

wind turbines. The program pays up to $3,000 per kilowatt or 50 percent of

the installed cost, whichever is less. Some Tehachapi homeowners have

received as much as $15,000 in rebates under the program.



The Rahus Institute is a non-profit organization that promotes the use of

renewable energy in California.



The Sierra Club is a nationwide environmental group. The Kern-Kaweah

Chapter represents Sierra Club members in Kern, Kings, and Tulare counties. The

seminar will kick off formation of a Bakersfield Group within the Sierra

Club's Kern-Kaweah Chapter.



For more information about the seminar, contact Paul Gipe at 661 822 9150

or Glenn Shellcross at 832 3382 or visit http://kernkaweah.sierraclub.org/.



For information about California's solar buy-down program or the Rahus

Institute, contact Tor Allen at 925 370 7262 or visit http://www.rahus.org.



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Paul Gipe 208 S. Green St., #5; Tehachapi CA 93561-1741 USA; ph: +661 822 9150; fax:

+661 822 8452; pgipe@igc.org. Wind Power for Home & Business (1993), Wind

Energy Comes of Age (1995), Wind Energy Basics (1999), and Energía Eólica

Práctica (noviembre, 2000).,

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