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All together now
We're counting on you to put tips in handy booklet to use
IN THE CENTER OF JULY'S SOUTH CAROLINA LIVING MAGAZINE, you'll find a booklet, 101 Low-Cost / No-Cost Home Energy-Saving Measures for South Carolina.
It's part of a comprehensive national energy-efficiency campaign, Together We Save, rolled out simultaneously across 46 states by York Electric Cooperative and other Touchstone Energy Cooperatives. Together We Save is a multi-faceted, multimedia approach to showing co-op members how little changes can add up to big savings.
Think of the booklet as the CliffsNotes version of the campaign.
 The booklet condenses many of the key recommendations of Together We Save into 16 informative pages that you can pull out and put to use right away. Some tips are seasonal, so keep your copy handy for reference throughout the year.
Thought into action
What we're showing is how simple these energy-saving techniques are. The key, however, is for members to go from just thinking about changing habits to actually taking action.
Most tips are very easy to act on: Tip 41, for instance, is "Turn off unnecessary lighting." Some might need a little explaining. Tips 64, 66 and 67, for example, recommend caulking, which can be sticky business if you've never done it. Never fear. Help is just a few clicks away. Go to TogetherWeSave.com, the campaign's website, for "Watch and Learn" videos on energy audits, lighting, sealing and insulation and more. The video "Seal the Deal" covers caulking.
TogetherWeSave.com also offers more than a dozen interactive applications linked to a virtual home tour. We've even customized the tour for York Electric Cooperative members.
Adding value
The booklet and TogetherWeSave.com add value to your membership in York Electric Cooperative. Another way the Touchstone Energy brand adds value is the Co-op Connections discount card program, which has helped our members save more than $165,000 on prescriptions alone. Another way the Touchstone Energy brand adds value is with SitesAcrossAmerica.com, which promotes available industrial sites in areas served by co-ops such as ours.
The brand represents a nationwide alliance of more than 700 independent consumer-owned electric co-ops. Touchstone Energy co-ops collectively deliver power and energy solutions to more than 40 million members every day. We're proud to be in that number.
Now, we're counting on you to put these 101 energy-saving tips to work in your home or business.
Paul Basha
President & CEO
Related links:
101 Low-Cost /No-Cost Home Energy-Saving Measures (1.2 MB PDF)
TogetherWeSave.com
SitesAcrossAmerica.com
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