Resources: ✯✯ Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority offers free water audits and rebates for evaporative cooler thermostats, hot water recirculating systems, outdoor landscaping, showerheads, toilets, urinals, and washing machines. abcwua.org ✯✯ New Mexico Gas Company offers their customers a free low flow showerhead. Order yours at nmgcgetrebates.com/low-flow-showerhead.
Electricity
We use electricity to run our homes, and the majority of it is issued for entertainment, followed by lights, refrigerators, and cooling. Financial incentives from PNM: ✯✯ Analyze your home to find ways to save with this online tool at pnm.com/analyzer. ✯✯ PNM Home Energy Checkup. Get a snapshot of your home’s electricity use and pinpoint opportunities to reduce electricity waste with the included home assessment and installation of energy-saving measures. pnm.com/checkup ✯✯ Switch to more efficient lighting options. CFLs or LEDs can last 10 times longer, use 75 percent less energy, and give off less heat than incandescent bulbs. PNM offers discounts at stores across the state. For a list of retailers visit: pnm.com/cfletailers. ✯✯ PNM will pay you $50 to recycle your refrigerator. pnm.com/fridge. ✯✯ Install a high-efficiency air conditioner with a SEER rating of 14 or greater and receive $100. ✯✯ Through its Power Saver Program, PNM will pay you $25 per refrigerated air conditioner that participates in the program. You control your thermostat; however, on selected summer weekday afternoons when electricity demand soars, your refrigerated air conditioning unit is automatically put into a conservation mode. Although the temperature in your home may rise a few degrees, most customers report they don’t notice the change in temperature. Visit pnmpowersaver.com for details.