Help Low-Income and Elderly Customers Stay Cool

(FORT WORTH, TEXAS) – First Choice Power is matching all donations to the Care to Share Fund this summer to help low-income and elderly customers stay cool. The Care to Share Fund provides bill payment assistance to eligible First Choice Power residential customers in need of emergency funding.

“We are working with our customers to help manage energy usage this summer as the temperatures rise,” said Jeff Weiser, president of First Choice Power. “We also want to assist residential customers who need a little extra help by providing extra emergency assistance through the Care to Share Fund.”

First Choice Power will match dollar-for-dollar every donation to the Care to Share Fund through Sept. 30, 2007. Customers can donate by adding a donation to their monthly bill payment and submitting along with their check payment.

Additional Bill Payment Assistance:
First Choice Power has provided enhanced customer programs:

• First Choice Power will waive deposits for eligible applicants 62 years and older.
• First Choice Power has relaxed its deferred payment guidelines, allowing LIDA-qualified residential customers to request an additional deferred payment arrangement with 25 percent down and five months to payout. This special arrangement must be requested by September 30, 2007.

5 Simply Better Summer Energy-Saving Tips

1. Set your thermostat at 78 degrees or higher, and increase the temperature about 8 degrees when your house is empty. For every degree cooler you set your thermostat, you may use more than 3 percent more energy.
2. Use floor and ceiling fans to make the room feel about 4 degrees cooler. If you use ceiling fans, you can turn the thermostat up a degree or two and keep the same cool feeling using less energy.
3. Replace your air-conditioning filter each month to maximize its operating efficiency and reduce cooling costs as much as 10 percent.
4. Caulk and weather-strip leaks around windows and doors to prevent cool air from escaping. You can save 10 percent or more by reducing cracks in your ceilings, walls and windows.
5. Close drapes or blinds to block direct sunlight and reduce the amount of heat entering your home. Windows can account for 10 percent to 15 percent of your heating and air-conditioning bill.

First Choice Power provides Simply Better pricing, programs, customer care and community involvement.

Based in Fort Worth, Texas, First Choice Power is one of Texas’ largest retail electric providers. First Choice Power is the Hispanic retail electric provider of choice. It is one of four subsidiaries of PNM Resources, an investor-owned energy holding company with more than $6.1 billion in total assets. First Choice Power is committed to Simply Better prices, programs, customer care and community involvement. For more information, visit FirstChoicePower.com.

 

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First Choice Power Media Contact
Catherine K. Carlton (469) 484-8686
Media Relations
First Choice Power

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