Photo: Sunny hot days ahead.
Belmont Light and its partner, Woburn-based energy efficiency firm Sagewell, are informing customers that today, Thursday, Aug. 11, and Friday, Aug. 12, are expected to be high electricity use days due to continued high temperatures across New England.
And the town’s electrical utility is asking residents and customers to help it save energy and money by reducing electricity consumption between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.
Because Belmont Light is municipally-owned, all savings are passed onto ratepayers.
Belmont Light is asking consumers to employ at least two of six actions to reduce the town’s peak electricity consumption including:
- Adjust the air conditioner a few degrees warmer and turn off the AC in rooms that are not in use. Adjusting the thermostat by two or three degrees makes a big difference.
- Don’t cook with an electric stove or oven.
- Shift laundry and dishwasher use until after 6 p.m.
- If you have an electric hot water heater, wait to bathe or use hot water until after 6 p.m.
- Run pool pumps or use hot tubs before 2 p.m. or after 6 p.m.
- Shift other electricity use to before 2 p.m. or after 6 p.m.
Every bit of electricity reduced during peak times will help Belmont mitigate rising electricity costs. If you have any questions or would like advice on how to decrease peak energy consumption, contact Sagewell’s Belmont Light Peak Reduction Program at:
support@sagewell.com or 617-963-8141.