Wallingford Electric Division
NEWSLETTER
VOL 21 NO 70
Fall 2013
Serving our customers
since 1899
PLEASE: Report
Failed Streetlights!
The Electric Division maintains over 4,000
streetlights and we need to know when a
streetlight is not working properly. Please
call our System Clerk at (203) 294-2273 between 7:00 AM and 3:30 PM with a detailed
description of the location, preferably the
pole number (silver numbers at eye level). If
the pole number is not safely accessible, especially at night, then the street name, nearThe replacement of your old incandesest cross street and the address of the nearest
Summer has come to an end and now is home or business should enable us to find the cent bulbs with compact fluorescent light
the time to prepare for autumn and its cooler correct street light. Thank you for your help! (CFL) bulbs makes sense for many reasons. CFLs consume much less energy
weather. Here are a few things that you can
than incandescent bulbs while providing
do to save yourself some energy dollars:
the same amount of light. And CFLs produce about 75 percent less heat than in√ Make sure that your radiators and
candescent bulbs, making them safer to
heating vents are not blocked by furniture
operate. And CFLs can last up to 10 times
or draperies. Make sure that the dampers
longer than standard incandescent bulbs.
are open.
But CFLs contain a small amount of mer√ Vacuum out your radiators, registers and
cury, making their proper disposal imporbase board heating units.
tant for the environment and for our health
√ Autumn is the best time to clean your
and safety. A receptacle for CFL disposal is
chimney and get your vent systems
located just inside the front entrance of the
checked.
Wallingford Electric Division office located
√ Set your water heater thermostat back
at 100 John Street. We encourage our custo between 110 degrees and 120 degrees
tomers to dispose of CFLs properly by dropFahrenheit. If you have children in your
ping them into this receptacle or any other rehouse, this is also a safety issue.
ceptacle available for that specific purpose.
√ Cover your through-the-wall air
conditioners to prevent cold air from
leaking into your home.
√ Have your heating system serviced by
v Electricity travels at the speed of light more than 186,000 miles per second!
a professional and replace or thoroughly
v If you had a light bulb on the moon connected to a switch in your bedroom, it would
clean your furnace filters.
take only 1.26 seconds for that bulb to light up, 238,857 miles away.
√ Place a piece of aluminum foil between
v If you travelled as fast as electricity, (about 300,000 kilometers = 186,411.358 miles
per second the speed of light), you could go around the world 8 times in the time it
your radiators and the wall to reflect heat
takes to turn on a light switch.
back into the room.
v
A spark of static electricity can measure up to three thousand (3,000) volts.
√ Close the fireplace damper when not in
v A bolt of lightning can measure up to three million (3,000,000) volts and it lasts less
use so you won’t let warm air escape.
than one second!
√ Keep shades and curtains open during
v Thomas Edison didn’t invent the first light bulb but he
did invent one that stayed lit for more than a few seconds.
the day to take advantage of passive solar
Thomas Edison invented more than 2,000 new products,
heating. Keep them closed at night to
including almost everything needed for us to use electricity
retain the warmth inside your house.
in our homes: switches, fuses, sockets and meters.
√ Reverse the rotation direction of your
v Ben Franklin didn’t discover electricity but he did prove
ceiling fans.
that lightning is a form of electrical energy.
Recycle Your CFLs
at 100 John Street
Autumn Energy
Saving Tips
Did You Know???
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Wallingford Electric Division
NEWSLETTER - VOL 21 NO 70
Serving our customers
since 1899
Fall 2013
Residential Monthly Bill Comparison ‑ July 2013
Customer under the Electric Division’s Residential Rate No. 1
versus comparable rates as charged by surrounding private utilities.
WED
CL&P
UI
Visit us on the web
www.wallingfordelectric.com
$ 400
Dollars
Customer Service
(203) 294-2020
$ 300
To report a streetlight problem
(203) 294-2273
$ 200
$ 100
$
0
100 John Street
Wallingford, CT 06492
Business Office hours
Monday – Friday
8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
$ 600
$ 500
Wallingford Electric Division
Outage-related calls
(203) 265-5055
200
500
600
700
750
800
Kwhr
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
Monthly energy use in kWh
Note: CL&P and UI rates based on Standard Offer Service, Residential. Most recently revised 01/01/13.
WED Summer rate in effect, revised 7/01/12.
Includes: Power Cost Adjustment charge: $ .006573/kwhr. Energy Conservation Fund charge: $ .002500/kwhr.
** UI customers that consume more than 2000 kWhr’s in a single month are placed in
time of use rate RT. This table is for rate R only. UI summer rate in effect.
Customer Deposit Policy
and Interest Rate on Deposits
It is the policy of Wallingford Electric Division to require a security deposit of all customers
opening a new account with us. This includes existing customers who change service locations. The deposit is based on the highest three contiguous months of billing history at the
location; where construction is new or there is a change in use, the amount will be estimated.
The deposit is returned to residential customers who complete twelve (12) months of on time
bill payments with no returned checks; deposits for non-residential customers remain on the
account as long as the customer is active at that location. The requirement for
a residential deposit is waived if residential customers can produce a statement
from their former electric utility company indicating one full year of on time
bill payments with no return checks.
All security deposits earn interest at a rate
determined by the market rates of the 13week Treasury Bill as posted in the Wall
Street Journal.
Call Before You Dig
(800) 922-4455
Energy Conservation Programs
(203) 294-2280
Public Utility Commission
(203) 294-2263
Commissioners
Robert Beaumont
David Gessert
Richard Nunn
Director of Public Utilities
George Adair
General Manager
Electric Division
Richard Hendershot
Payment Locations
Tax Office, Room 209
Wallingford Town Hall
45 South Main Street
W.E.D. Business Office
100 John Street
Drop Box
Wallingford Town Hall
adjacent to Prince Street entrance
Wallingford Electric Division • 100 John Street • Wallingford, CT 06492 • 203-294-2265
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