Dominion Virginia Power's Energy-Saving Light
Bulb Program Exceeds Half-Million Sales Mark
More than 568,000 compact fluorescent light
bulbs sold in first three months
Discounts continue on compact fluorescent
light bulbs at The Home Depot Stores in Central, Eastern, Northern Virginia
Sales
target raised to 5 million bulbs by end of 2009
RICHMOND, Va. – Consumers are seeing new light, thanks
to Dominion Virginia Power’s discount program for energy-saving compact
fluorescent light bulbs. Sales in the three months have totaled 568,822 bulbs,
almost four times the goal of 150,000 bulbs set for 2007.
“We are extremely pleased with and proud of the program’s
initial success. It means our customers are interested in making energy-conscious
decisions that empower them,” said David A. Heacock, president of Dominion
Virginia Power. “By offering a financial incentive, our customers are
finding it easier to begin energy-efficient practices.”
Dominion is providing a $1.50 discount on single and $3 on
multi-packs of Energy Star-qualified compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs purchased
at The Home Depot stores in Eastern, Central and Northern Virginia. While the
2007 sales target has been reached, Dominion will continue to offer discounts
for the remainder of 2008.
Because of the success in 2007, Dominion has increased the
2008 and 2009 CFL sales goal to 2.25 million each year, for a three year total
of more than 5 million bulbs, up from an initial target of 1.4 million bulbs.
The company also is looking to offer the discount at additional retail outlets
throughout the year.
CFL bulbs consume about 75 percent less energy to produce
the same amount of light as traditional incandescent bulbs and can last up to
10 times longer. Replacing a 60-watt incandescent bulb with an equivalent CFL
can save a typical Dominion Virginia Power residential customer $54 during the
bulb’s lifetime, according estimates by the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency.
Based on EPA’s CFL calculator, Dominion customers would
save $284 million and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by nearly 1.5 million
tons – the equivalent of removing 268,354 cars from the road for one year
– if the goaled sales of 5 million CFL bulbs were to replace 60-watt incandescent
bulbs.
Dominion, Honeywell and The Home Depot stores in Dominion’s
Virginia service area are cooperating to deliver the CFL program initiative.
Additional information about the CFL bulb program, a list of participating store
locations, and instructions about proper CFL bulb disposal and recycling can
be found on Dominion’s Web site, http://www.dom.com.
Dominion is proud to be an Energy Star partner. Energy Star-qualified
products meet strict energy efficiency criteria set by the U.S. Department of
Energy and the EPA.
Dominion is one of the nation's largest
producers and transporters of energy, with a portfolio of approximately 26,500
megawatts of generation, 7,800 miles of natural gas transmission pipeline and
1 trillion cubic feet equivalent (Tcfe) of proved natural gas and oil reserves.
Dominion also owns and operates the nation's largest underground natural gas
storage system with about 960 billion cubic feet of storage capacity and serves
retail energy customers in 11 states. For more information about Dominion, visit
the company's Web site at http://www.dom.com.
