Committed to Energy Conservation

Horizon Utilities' conservation and demand management programs saved a total of 59 million kilowatt hours of energy over the last two years. That is enough to power 6,500 homes for one year and is equivalent to diverting almost 17,000 tonnes of CO₂ emissions or taking more than 8,000 cars off the road.

Conservation highlights in 2007 included:

• Launched Generation Conservation - a 10-lesson curriculum Conservation of Energy and Resources program for 7,500 Grade 5 students in 200 schools
• Provided approximately 13,000 elementary school children the opportunity to view a lively electrical safety and energy conservation in-school presentations
• In 2007, $710,058 paid out in Summer Savings rebates to 41,657 customers who reduced their energy consumption by 10%
• More than 1,850 appliances were recycled under The Great Refrigerator Roundup
• 885 installations of peaksaver® programmable thermostats
• 50 applications received from commercial and industrial customers for rebates for installingenergy-saving lighting and other devices under the Energy Retrofit Incentive Program
• Gave away 39,000 compact fluorescent light bulbs, 9,200 energy-efficient night lightsand 4,000 low-flow showerheads at community events
• Distributed 524 energy conservation kits
• Hamilton won the 2007 Blackout Challenge
• Mohawk College received a $50,000 incentive toward an energy-efficient lighting upgrade for their Fennell Campus through Horizon Utilities' powerWISE for Business Incentive program
• The City of Hamilton and the City of St. Catharines upgraded 460 intersectionsto LED traffic signals with a reimbursement from Horizon Utilities of $103,000
• Horizon Utilities assisted in funding energy audits for arena facilities in St. Catharines and Hamilton as part of a provincial study
• Horizon Utilities staff worked actively to build a Conservation Culture by attending 28 community events

2006 Energy Conservation Initiatives

• Refrigerator retirement program - Recycled 1,449 secondary refrigerators
• "Keep Cool" air conditioner recycling - Recycled 2,645 energy guzzling air conditioners
• Peaksaver™* thermostats for peak load reduction - Installed 881 units
• "Cool Shops" energy audits for small businesses - 561 businesses participated
• powerWISE® Business Incentive Program - Two projects completed including a $63,000 lighting retrofit in Hamilton's historic Pigott Building.
• Social and low income housing - Installed 213 energy-efficient refrigerators, 422 temperature-limiting thermostats, and energy-efficient lighting
• Energy Conservation and Electricity Safety presentations for children - 11,350 children attended
• Smartpak back pack - 1,900 back packs containing energy conservation materials distributed to students in Grades 5 and 6
• Kill a Watt™** meter lending program - Kill a Watt meters available in local libraries were signed out 460 times
• "Every Kilowatt Counts" coupon program - More than 20,000 coupons distributed
• Community events van decorated with energy conservation tips
• Free energy-saving devices - Gave away 75,000 compact fluorescent light bulbs, 1,700 energy-efficient night lights, and more than 12,000 low-flow shower heads.

*Trademark of Toronto Hydro Corporation. Used under license.
** Trademark of P3 International