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Forty to fifty percent of a home's energy usage goes to heat and cool the air. Monthly electric bills for this usage can represent a big part of a family's budget. In Grayson Rural Electric's support of its members and energy management, the Cooperative provides incentives for efficient use of electricity.

For more information on these programs, please contact our Energy Advisor,

Tina Preece, at 800-562-3532 or 475-2185.

 

Touchstone Energy Home

Building a new home, check out our Touchstone Energy Program.  Build your new home to Touchstone Energy Standards and receive not only a 30% reduction in your annual heating and cooling cost, but also qualify to receive an incentive.  Pick up a copy of the Touchstone Energy Home Specifications to be sure your home will qualify. 

Button-up

The two best things you can do to lower your heating and cooling costs are to increase the amount of insulation in your home and stop outside air from getting inside your home.  Button-Up will help increase your home’s efficiency and your comfort while cutting your electric bills.   To Qualify for Button-Up your home must be at least two years old and use electricity as the primary heat source.

 

GeoThermal Heating and Cooling

Geothermal heating and cooling is the most energy efficient system available.  It uses an underground loop system as a heat exchanger, which makes it more energy efficient than an ordinary heat pump.  If you are installing a geothermal you may qualify for a rebate. 

    

Electric Thermal Storage (ETS)

Electrical Thermal Storage (ETS) heaters use bricks to store heat given off by elements inside the heater.  The elements come on during the Co-op’s off peak times to heat up the bricks.  The stored heat is then released throughout the day. ETS is a great replacement for gas and fuel oil space heaters and for wood stoves. 

ETS room heating systems are non-ducted heaters designed to heat the area into which they are placed. The secret to the cost effectiveness of ETS systems is the ability to harness heat during off-peak billing hours for use during higher priced or on-peak billing hours.

ETS is a safe replacement for gas and fuel oil space heaters as well as wood-burning stoves. Also, ETS is great when you have a brief power outage as the radiant heat contained in the bricks can be used to heat a room to keep your family comfortable until the power is restored.

 

Air-to-Air Heat Pump

Whether you’re building a new home or replacing an existing electric or gas furnace or wood/coal stove, efficiency is assured with an air source heat pump. 

 

Energy Audits

Most of us want to use our money wisely.  Our energy audit program can help you to avoid spending too much on your monthly energy costs.  Energy Audits are a free service offered to electrically heated homes.  Call our energy advisor and she will make an appointment to come to your home and point out areas where the efficiency of your home can be improved.   The energy advisor will verify the insulation amounts that are present in your home and make suggestions on where improvements may need to be made in order to cut your annual heating and cooling costs.