UIL’s Safety and Efficiency Gift Guide for the Holidays

LED_holiday_lightsWhen 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.

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UI Offers Money & Energy Saving Tips

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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.

6 Tips to Save Energy When You ‘Fall Back’

Daylight Saving Energy TipsDaylight 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.

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Fight Back Against Energy Vampires and Other Hidden Horrors

Energy VampiresDo 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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