PP&L, one of our regional electric suppliers here in Lancaster County, PA has announced a free lightbulb giveaway including two "CFLs" or compact fluorescent lightbulbs. These energy-efficient bulbs use up to 75% less energy than traditional (old-fashioned?) lightbulbs and last many years longer. PP&L is promoting it's new website look and it's energy analyzer for residential customers through this promotion.
While being a nice concept, you can buy these bulbs for a couple of dollars each at Home Depot. Prices have come way down and they're available everywhere.
I'm not horribly impressed with the giveaway idea and of course I absolutely HATE being asked to give personal data about my home on the internet (secure or not). On the other hand, there might be some internet-savvy customers out there who will benefit from the home analyzer and have 2 extra bulbs to use in their house. It's certainly better than nothing.
Since I'm well on my way to retrofitting my entire house to CFLs, I think I'll pass on PP&L's giveaway. Now, if they promised to pay a month of my utility bill...
Jeff, I give them credit for trying, too bad they are probably those 2500K bulbs. I don't care for the color.
What am I missing that all these companies are doing something "green this week"?
everyone needs to google up ----dangers of energy saving light bulbs----before they make a decision---I already had 20 in my home & took them all out