Your session will time out shortly For your security, you will be logged out of your session in 5 minutes Your session has timed out. For your security, you have been logged out of your session due to inactivity. Please Click here to login again. Get help making energy-saving improvements Improving the energy efficiency of a home can significantly reduce energy bills. Not everyone, however, can afford to make these updates. That is why we offer the Energy Savings Assistance Program. It provides qualified customers with energy-saving improvements at no charge. Energy Savings Assistance Program Check the guidelinesParticipants must live in a house, mobile home or apartment that is at least five years old. Income must meet the following guidelines, which are the same as those for CARE, the California Alternative Rates for Energy Program. Number of persons in household               Total gross annual household income* Each additional person, add

*Before taxes based on current income sources.Valid through May 31, 2017. Apply onlineThe online application only takes a few minutes to complete. No proof of income is necessary to apply and your answers will be kept confidential. Apply Now Solicite ahora 申請 Set up a home assessmentOnce your application has been reviewed, an energy specialist will contact you to schedule an assessment of your home. During the visit, the specialist will determine if your home qualifies for the program and, if so, the improvements to be made. At this time, you will also need to provide proof of household income. If you would like to speak to a program specialist, please call 1-800-989-9744. Use your ZIP code to find an Energy Savings Assistance Program contractor in your area. The way Californians are charged for energy is changing. Learn More About Rate Changes Improvements that make a difference Energy-saving measures through the Energy Savings Assistance Program can include replacing your refrigerator, repairing or replacing your furnace or water heater* and installing insulation, weatherproofing, energy-efficient light bulbs, caulking, low-flow showerheads and more.

*Furnace and water heater repair or replacement may be available to eligible homeowners if PG&E determines that existing natural gas units are inoperable or unsafe. Seeking help for removing oven light bulb cover I don't know if this is the right place to ask the question, but we've tried DYI forums, Home Depot, Lowes, etc. and no one has been able to help us get the $%! Delta 3 Handle Tub Shower Faucetcover off our burned out oven light bulb. Husky Puppies Sale WisconsinShould be a 2 minute operation at most, but we can't get that cover off. Brittany Puppies For Sale New YorkIt's in an awkward spot and oil filter wrenches (suggested by others) can't be maneuvered properly.It's not a matter of being stuck because of grease/dirt.

It's just too tight.I'll try to post a picture if needed, but has anyone dealt with this problem? Want to stay up to date with this post? Sign Up Now › Log In or Sign Up to comment Log In or Sign Up to Comment › by malebe 5 months ago by ferret 6 months ago by 1lily 4 months ago Foodies visiting NYC and looking for mid-priced meals Dinner Choices in Montreal Help Roasting Fairytale Eggplant for Italian Dish? Non-ice cream dessert recipes with parsley?Have the government and General Electric lied to us? The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) mandates the phase-out of incandescent light bulbs, and favors energy-efficient compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs. Sounds good—until you realize that CFL bulbs contain mercury, and mercury poses a significant cancer risk. A new study shows that CFL bulbs also emit high levels of ultraviolet radiation—specifically, UVC and UVA rays. In fact, the UV rays are so strong that they can actually burn skin and skin cells.

Experts say the radiation could initiate cell death and cause skin cancer in its deadliest form—melanoma. In every bulb the researchers tested, they found that the protective phosphor coating of the light bulb was cracked, allowing dangerous UV rays to escape. Healthy skin cells exposed to CFLs showed a decrease in their proliferation rate, an increase in the production of reactive oxygen species, and a decrease in ability to contract collagen. On top of that, it’s a sad fact of life that light bulbs break. How do you clean up the mercury after a bulb breaks? The Institute for Molecular and Nanoscale Innovation measured the release of mercury vapor from broken bulbs. They recorded concentrations near the bulb of up to 800 mcg/m3, which is eight times the average eight-hour occupational exposure limit allowed by OSHA (100 mcg/m3). Even more shocking, the recommended limit for children is a mere 0.2 mcg/m3. A child exposed to a broken CFL bulb will receive eight thousand times the recommended amount of mercury vapor!

A broken 13-watt CFL bulb will only have released 30% of its mercury a full four days after it is broken—the remainder is trapped in the bulb. So picking up shards with your bare hands or leaving them in poorly ventilated room while you ponder the best disposal method is a particularly bad idea. Unfortunately, there is no good solution for cleaning up after a broken CFL bulb. Researchers at Brown are testing a cloth made with a nanomaterial (nanoselim) that can capture mercury emissions for proper disposal. But until this is commercially available, it is best to avoid CFLs altogether. And how will we dispose of the clean-up cloth? General Electric claims that CFLs don’t produce a hazardous amount of UV radiation, and that UV is far less than the amount produced by natural daylight. The truth is that all compact fluorescent lights bulbs contain mercury vapor. Once that vapor is hit with an electric current, it emits a great number of UV rays. UV rays are theoretically absorbed by the layer of phosphor that coats the bulbs—but the signature twisted spiral shape makes these bulbs more prone to cracks in the phosphor, which dramatically increases UV/mercury exposure.

Researchers found cracks in almost all bulbs purchased from retail stores, indicating that it is a standard design flaw of these bulbs. CFL bulbs contains other cancer-causing chemicals as well. German scientists found that several different chemicals and toxins were released when CFLs are turned on, including naphthalene (which has been linked to cancer in animals) and styrene (which has been declared “a likely human carcinogen”). A sort of electrical smog develops around these lamps, which could be dangerous. CFLs are supposedly better for the environment, but according to the Association of Lighting and Mercury Recyclers, 98% of CFLs end up in landfills—creating a mercury build-up that can escape into our soil and waterways. We’re happy that the federal government is tackling environmental problems, but this “solution” is especially short-sighted—and not unlike the national smart meter push, is creating serious health risks in the long-term. Worse, soon consumers won’t have the option to buy incandescent lights—they simply won’t be available.

The government hasn’t placed an outright ban on incandescent light bulbs. Section 321 of EISA mandates higher efficiency standards for general service lamps. But these standards are high enough that most commonly used incandescent bulbs just won’t meet the new requirements. EISA will effectively eliminate 40-, 60-, 75-, and 100-watt incandescent bulbs. The new efficiency levels will be in full force by 2014. Even the United Nations has acknowledged the problem of mercury in CFL bulbs, and has instated a ban on certain types of CFLs. We won’t know the full implications of that ban until the treaty is made publically available. The good news is that CFLs are not the only energy-efficient bulbs out there. There are also light-emitting diodes (LEDs), which are mercury-free—though LEDs emit blue light, which can be disruptive to sleep, as we noted in our 2012 article.Please contact your legislators immediately and call for a repeal of the ban on incandescent lights. Tell them about the cancer risks and the lack of proper disposal methods.