Energy Seminar:

What You Can Do To Cut Your Utility Bill

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 10, 2001





For more information contact:

          Paul Gipe, SC Kern-Kaweah Chapter 661 822 9150

          Cynthia Koval, SC Mineral King Group 559 635 2526





                        Visalia Seminar:

                       The Power Crisis &

            What You Can Do To Cut Your Utility Bill





The Sierra Club's Mineral King Group will sponsor a seminar on what

consumers can do to lower their utility bills on Wednesday, August 1, from

7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at Visalia Friends Meeting House, 17208 Ave. 296 in Visalia,

California. 



The Sierra Club will host Paul Gipe, a world-renowned authority on

renewable energy. Gipe will explain how customers of Pacific Gas & Electric

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

cells and small windmills to generate some of their own power. 



The seminar will emphasize how consumers can improve the efficiency of home

appliances and otherwise cut their consumption of electricity. Gipe will

discuss how consumers can save up 36 percent on their August electricity

bill by taking advantage of California's innovative 20/20 program.



Three vendors have agreed to participate in the program: North Fork's

Offline, and Sharpe Solar and Unlimited Energy from Bakersfield.



California's solar "buy-down" program offers substantial rebates to utility

customers who install solar cells or small wind turbines. The program pays

up to $4,500 per kilowatt or 50 percent of the installed cost, whichever is

less. Homeowners installing two kilowatts of solar cells, enough to cut the

average electric bill more than 50%, could receive $9,000 in rebates.



The Sierra Club is the nation's largest grass-roots environmental

organization. The Mineral King Group represents Sierra Club members in

Kings and Tulare counties. 



Paul Gipe was named a pioneer in renewable energy by the World Renewable

Energy Congress in 1998.



For local information contact Cynthia Koval at 559-635-2526, or Harold Wood

at 559-739-8527.



For more information on the content of the program, contact Paul Gipe at

661 325 9590, pgipe@igc.org.





For information on California's solar subsidy program visit

http://www.consumerenergycenter.org/buydown/index.html



For information on how you can cut your utility bill and take advantage of

California's summertime 20/20 rebate program visit

http://www.flexyourpower.ca.gov/rebates/



For information on the most efficient home appliances visit

http://www.aceee.org



Other sites with conservation tips.



http://www.homeenergysaver.lbl.gov

http://HomeImprovementTool.lbl.gov/

http://www.eren.doe.gov/consumerinfo/energy_savers/



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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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