Pueblo, CO — Nov. 16, 2021 Black Hills Energy is partnering with local libraries across its electric service territory to help customers save energy with its new Ready Home Check monitor program, the company announced today. The monitors are free to use and available to check out from participating libraries just as you would check out a book.
“Our Ready Home Check monitor program is an easy way for our customers to understand how they use energy in their homes and how they can save,” said Patti Olenick, energy efficiency coordinator for Black Hills Energy. “Plug any appliance into the Ready Home Check monitor and discover just how much energy is being used when the appliance is in use and even when turned off.”
“What you’ll discover when you use a Ready Home Check monitor is that older appliances tend to use a lot more energy than most people realize,” continued Olenick. “A newer model refrigerator, for example, costs about $60 a year to operate, whereas it cost $250 to run a refrigerator in the 1980s. The savings can quickly add up when armed with information available through Ready Home Check.”
With cooler temperatures arriving in our area, finding ways to be more energy efficient at home will help customers save energy and money in the coming months. The Ready Home Check monitor program is one tool Black Hills Energy offers to help customers discover where they’re using energy and how to reduce energy waste.
Ready Home Check monitors are available for check out at the following library locations:
Pueblo City-County Library Branches
Rawlings (Main Branch)
100 E Abriendo Ave., Pueblo, CO 81004
Barkman Library
1300 Jerry Murphy Rd., Pueblo, CO 81001
Greenhorn Valley Library
4801 Cibola Dr. Colorado City, CO 81019
Lamb Library
2525 S Pueblo Blvd., Pueblo, CO 81005
Patrick A. Lucero Library
1315 E 7th St., Pueblo, CO 81001
Pueblo West Library
298 S Joe Martinez Blvd., Pueblo West, CO 81007
Tom L. & Anna Marie Giodone Library
24655 US Hwy 50 E. Pueblo, CO 81006
Cañon City
Cañon City Public Library
516 Macon Ave., Cañon City, CO 81212
Cripple Creek
Southern Teller County Library District
Franklin Ferguson Memorial Library
410 N B St., Cripple Creek, CO 80813
Rocky Ford
Rocky Ford City Library
400 S 10th St., Rocky Ford, CO 81067
Victor
Victor Public Library
124 S 3rd St., Victor, CO 80860
For more ways to save, visit energy-ready.com.
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