FortisBC PowerSense is committed to helping customers conserve energy and get the most out of their energy dollar by providing both financial incentives and advice on energy efficient technologies and practices.
FortisBC PowerSense programs are available to FortisBC customers, and also customers of the following municipal utilities: Grand Forks, Kelowna, Penticton, Summerland and Nelson Hydro.
Since its creation in 1989, customer participation in PowerSense programs is impressive:
- Over 37,000 rebates given out through residential programs
- 380,000 compact fluorescent light bulbs purchased
- 9,000 water-saver kits installed resulting in annual water savings of 20.5 million liters
- 7,000 residential high efficiency heat pump system installations
- 3,000 PowerSense new homes
- 25,000 clotheslines given out to customers, since the launch of our Clothesline program in 2009
- 1,900 energy saving kits given out to limited income customers, since the launch of our Affordable Energy program in 2010
- Over 630 large projects with business, industry and the public sector, each saving at least 100,000 kWh
- Cumulative energy savings of over 402,000,000 kWh
What does all this mean? Over the past 22 years, we have saved enough energy to meet the annual energy needs of over 31,000 households and save customers $30 million!
It’s accomplishments like these that have helped the FortisBC PowerSense program achieve provincial and national recognition, including a 2000 BC Minister of Environment Award, a 2003 Canadian Energy Efficiency Award from the federal government and a 2010 Utility of the Year award from SolarBC.
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