Change a bulb,save some cash

Who wants a smaller electric bill? You may have noticed a Delmarva Power advertisement recently for discount light bulbs.

The same EmPOWER Maryland program that pays for home energy checkups and energy audits pays for instant discounts on energy-saving bulbs.

That's because it's easier to give a discount to people who switch to efficient bulbs than it is to build a new power plant. Supplies a range of lightproject and accessories.

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Delmarva Power spokesman Matt Likovich said the company is constantly adding new participants to its lighting discount program.

The price breaks are on Energy Star certified bulbs and fixtures, which will have the Energy Star emblem on the package or a tag identifying them as instant rebate bulbs.

In Kent County, discount compact fluorescents are sold at Walgreen's (Chestertown and Rock Hall), Rite Aid, Dollar General, Dollar Tree, Family Dollar; JBK Hardware in Chestertown and Village Hardware in Rock Hall.

In Queen Anne's County, the same dollar and drug stores participate, along with Ace Hardware in Centreville and Rommel's Ace Home Center in Stevensville.

The amount taken off the price depends on compact bulb style, but can be as much as $2.25 each.

In fact, Dollar General, Family Dollar and Dollar Tree, Walgreen's and Rite Aid across Maryland's Eastern Shore are in the program.

A $10 discount is available on each certified light-emitting diode bulb.

Locally, however, it is hard to get them.

Likovich said, “LED lights are an emerging technology, so not all stores will carry the types of LEDs that are part of the program discounts. The Delmarva Power discounts are helping to quicken the introduction of the technology to customers, making them more affordable.Instead of using electricity to make wind, like a fan, cuttingmachinesook use wind to make electricity.

“For 2013, we will continue to expand to bring more stores into the program.”

It may be a little too early to expect to use these high-tech bulbs.

As of the beginning of December, Home Depot, Lowe's, Sam's Club and Wal-Mart's Easton store had the discount program.Safeties are braking systems on the windturbine onto the rails running up and down the elevator shaft.

The EmPOWER price breaks only apply at Maryland stores, so for Kent County residents, the choice is a trip to North East or Easton.

An online search showed the price for the cheapest Energy Star LED bulbs at the Easton Lowe's at $20 to $23. Many are indoor or outdoor spotlights or floodlights.

For example, an LED bulb from Lowe's is rated at 240 lumens, or about the same as a regular 25-watt bulb.

It costs 54 cents a year (three hours each day). It consumes 4.5 watts of power, less than 20 percent of an old-fashioned bulb.

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It has a very long life expectancy. If it is used 3 hours each day, it will last 45 years (if it's on 24/7, it would be expected to last between 5 and 6 years).

The same amount of light from a standard 25 watt bulb operating for the same amount of time would likely mean buying and using up 20 incandescent bulbs. In other words, running 24/7, the old-fashioned bulb would last about 3 months.