In case you didn’t pay attention to your mail

September 4th, 2009 at 06:12am Jennie Pollock

This week, ComEd send out a Smart Ideas pamphlet. When I first glanced at it, I thought it was an end-of-season air-conditioner recycling program. Nope. This is central air-conditioning “cycling,” which helps save energy and money by cycling your air conditioning compressor off and on. The fan stays on to circulate air.

There are two options:

1. 50 percent, which runs from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays, a maximum of 15 minutes every half-hour over no more than a six-hour period, earning a $5 credit per month June through September.

2. 100 percent, which runs from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays, one three-hour period during any day, earning a $10 credit per month (not recommended if someone is home most of the day or has a medical condition).

What’s in this for ComEd? The company says it can manage power demand better during peak periods.

To sign up for a switch installation, it says go to www.comed.com/accycling, but I’m getting an error. So call 888-806-2273. Though it takes up to six weeks for installation: Makes more sense for next year?

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