A field trip is always a treat for school kids.
But two fourth-graders at West Woods School in Hamden recently got a special surprise during their recent class outing to the Energize Connecticut Center in North Haven:
A visit from Dad.
When you’re making a holiday gift list and checking it twice, remember that the best present is a safe and efficient home where family members feel the warm glow of the season without worry.
In order to provide some holiday help, UIL Holdings Corporation and its family of companies — UI, SCG, CNG and Berkshire Gas — present a holiday safety and efficiency gift guide for everyone in the family.
The United Illuminating Company recently completed a year-long project to upgrade the electrical system serving more than 4,000 customers in New Haven’s Fair Haven neighborhood.
“This recently completed initiative provides a more modern electric infrastructure for residents of Fair Haven, so that they can continue to receive the high level of safety and reliability that they have come to expect from UI,” said James P. Torgerson, president and chief executive officer of UI’s parent company, UIL Holdings Corporation.
The project, which kicked off with a community meeting in February, upgraded the 4,160-volt electrical circuits that had served the neighborhood for 60 years. That meant replacing 240 poles, 91 transformers and more than 120,000 feet of wire.
The new system meets current safety standards and operates at 13,800 volts, a standard voltage for modern electric infrastructure.
The United Illuminating Company cares about your safety. If you see a downed power line, always assume it’s live and stay away. When working outside with ladders or trimming limbs, know where overhead power lines are and stay away. For more safety tips, visit uinet.com or follow us on Twitter and Facebook.
The United Illuminating Company cares about you saving energy and money. Here are a few tips. An LED light bulb uses up to 90 percent less power than an incandescent bulb, and lasts 25 times longer. Switch out five of your home’s most frequently used lights with LED bulbs. These bulbs use less electricity and last longer. For more tips on how to conserve energy, such as the benefits of waiting until 8 p.m. to use major appliances, go to uinet.com.
Daylight Saving Time ends this Sunday, Nov. 1. When you set your clocks back, there’s no better time to look around your house to find ways to save on energy costs.
As the nights grow longer and colder, families spend more time indoors with the lights turned on and the thermostat turned up.
Here are some tips for keeping your energy costs down.
Think you run a tight ship, energy-wise? Take this short quiz to find out how much you know about saving money on energy at home. Then, visit Energize Connecticut to get more energy-saving tips.
Do you live in a house of energy horrors? Does “phantom” energy menace your monthly budget? Are you letting energy “vampires” suck you dry?
It’s enough to make you want to scream.
You don’t have to let unnecessary energy loss bedevil your budget. UIL Holdings Corporation (NYSE: UIL), parent company of The United Illuminating Company, The Southern Connecticut Gas Company, Connecticut Natural Gas Company and The Berkshire Gas Company, offers tips and tools to help customers fight back against the hidden horrors that can drain the lifeblood from their budgets.
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