Current Lines: May 2008

Welcome to the May edition of Current Lines newsletter, a monthly publication of Tri-County EMC. Below are a few samples of the articles in this current newsletter.

Walking the Walk with Ray Hill  Meet Ray Hill—a drafting technician with 22 years of experience at Tri-County EMC and a three-time chaperone for the EMC-sponsored Washington Youth Tour. To the average person, helping to look after 100-plus high school students on four to five hours of sleep each night for a week in Washington, D.C., may pose a red flag. But to Ray and his wife, Gwen, it’s a treasured experience. >>> >> Gwen and Ray Hill pose with Tri-County’s Youth Tour Delegate Shaneka Peck (center) during the 2005 Tour. << Convenient eBilling

Tri-County EMC now offers eBilling. Through email, you can receive a notice of your monthly electric bill. You can choose to still receive a traditional paper version plus the emailed notice, or you can choose to just receive the electronic version. If you choose the electronic version, you eliminate the need for paper, printing and postage costs. >>>

Right-of-Way Treatment Picks Up in June   This summer, Tri-County EMC will treat rights-of-way in Baldwin, Jones, Putnam and Wilkinson counties. Each area is selectively treated with herbicide every four years and trimmed every seven years. Although discretion is used when applying herbicides near groomed areas, trees, shrubs or other vegetation should not be planted within 20 feet of power lines. (35133-01) >>>

Recycle Your Energy-Saving CFLs

Your compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) could outlast your standard incandescent bulbs by around 10 years. Although you may not need to replace them anytime soon, you’ll need to know how to properly dispose of your CFLs when that time comes. Considering nearly every part of a CFL can be recycled, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) encourages you to recycle them. The metal end caps, glass tubing, mercury and phosphor powder can all be separated and reused. You can drop off your burned-out bulbs when you pay your bill. Just look for the recycle box located in the lobby at the Gray or Eatonton office.

The cost of recycling lamps is relatively small compared to the cost savings from using energy efficient lighting. Fluorescent lamps reduce energy consumption saving you money. Reducing energy use also cuts down on power plant emissions of mercury and other emissions. To learn more about recycling CFLs, visit epa.gov/bulbrecycling/. << 

>> In 2007, Students play the Congressional Insight game. <<