Current | LES Customer Newsletter Current - August 2019 | Page 2

Thanks, Lincoln!
To all the community partners who teamed
up with us for our signature festival,
thanks for helping make this year’s event
possible! We couldn’t do it without the
community and you’re helping us build a
brighter, cleaner future for our little corner
of Nebraska. See you next year!
SUSTAINABLE LIVING
FESTI VAL
Get your kids engaged and exercise those
brain muscles with the LES Kids Club
Kids ask a lot of questions...
• Where does electricity come from?
• What do I do if I see a power line
on the ground?
• Why should we save energy?
• Who makes sure the lights stay on?
If your child has more questions
than you have answers, maybe you
should check out the LES Kids Club!
We have cool videos on interesting
subjects, resources to games,
science project ideas and links
to even more. PLUS, Kids Club
members can collect exclusive LES
ENERGIZERS trading cards!
Go to LES.com/kids to enroll and
find all kinds of great stuff to feed
those curious minds and quell the
onslaught of questions.
Get them engaged, enroll in the LES
Kids Club today at LES.com/kids!
DID YOU KNOW?
Public power is not-for-profit, which means we have no outside influences, like
stockholders who may not even live in our service area. Customers of public
power own their electric utility and receive good value for the dollars they spend
on electricity, paying bills based solely on cost-of-service, not corporate profit.
Nebraska is the ONLY state in the country run entirely on public power.
Investing in lightbulbs is a bright idea
The cost of lighting your home
makes up a large chunk of your
electric bill, but you can reduce
those energy costs significantly by
switching to more efficient, ENERGY
STAR ® qualified light bulbs.
Technology continues to improve
and the marketplace is shifting to
better alternatives to conventional
incandescent lightbulbs. Compact
fluorescent lights last six to 10
times longer and use 70-75% less
energy than incandescent bulbs,
while light emitting diode, or LED,
bulbs last 15 to 20 times longer
and use 85-90% less energy. Both
CFLs and LEDs are designed to
save, with longer lifespans and
lower energy use. They come in a
variety of styles, depending on the
bulb’s intended use.
over its lifetime than by the sticker
on the box. Also remember, due
to containing a small amount of
mercury, CFL bulbs require special
disposal after use.
When deciding which bulbs to
purchase, it’s important to look
at both the long-and short-term
costs. As you can see in the table
below, the true cost of a lightbulb
can be more accurately measured
Bulb Life (in hours)
Typical Life (in years)
Energy Use
Electricity used over 25,000
hours
The table below compares the
energy usage and lifespan of
incandescent lightbulbs along with
CFL and LED bulbs:*
Incandescent
Bulbs CFL
Bulbs LED
Bulbs
1,200 hours 10,000 hours 25,000 hours
1 year 6-10 year 15-20 year
60W 13W 9W
1,500 KWh 325 KWh 225 KWh
*Sources: energystar.gov and energy.gov