SmartPower SmartTip of the Week: Support America by being Energy Smart

You know that being Energy Smart saves you money and helps the environment—we reduce the amount of energy we purchase, which lessens the amount of fossil fuels that have to be burned.

And while being smarter about the energy we use helps our wallets and the planet, it also simply helps our country.  (In the latest SmartPower Minute video blog, our friend Elizabeth even talks about the great ways this historic inauguration week was Energy Smart.)

Between our heavily stressed electric grid that brings power into our homes, the devastating ways we are now forced to find coal and the amount of oil we import from foreign countries, it’s easy to see that using less energy is an important, everyday way to contribute to a stronger nation.

Whether you do things in the home that are more energy efficient (using Energy Star appliances, programmable thermostats, etc.) or simply avoid waste by conserving energy (remembering to turn off lights, unplug phone chargers, etc.) you are helping to ease our country’s energy demand.

It’s smart, it’s helpful and it’s patriotic.

Be sure to check out the SmartPower Blog for more stories about getting Energy Smart.