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Only members enrolled in the program can save $1.75 per kWh during an event.
How the Summer Savings Plan Works
REC’s Summer Savings Plan is a free, voluntary program that allows most residential member-owners and some business members to receive a rebate for using less electricity on specific days in the summer. Extreme heat during the summer often results in more electricity being used as people spend more time indoors. You can help and get paid to do it!
The Summer Savings Plan runs from June to September. After you sign up, REC will notify you by text, email or through the MyREC SmartHub app signaling you to save energy during specific days and times when electricity is expected to be in high demand.
Receive Alerts
You will be notified by text,
email, or via the MyREC SmartHub
app letting you know when
an event is planned.
Reduce Energy
You choose how to conserve
energy during an event.
See some suggested
ideas below!
Earn Bill Credits
If you reduce your
energy use, you can earn
a bill credit of $1.75 per
kilowatt-hour (kWh) saved.
Ways to Reduce Energy Use and Save Money
Increase the standard temperature on your AC thermostat by at least 4-5 degrees,
for ultimate savings, REC recommends a setting of 78 degrees or higher.
- This includes window AC, portable AC units, mini-split AC units, and dehumidifiers
- The HVAC system fan should be set to AUTO during AC season
Avoid or discontinue the use of stoves, ovens, dishwashers, and/or other major appliances and machinery.
- Other major appliances include washer and dryer, air compressors, welders, kilns, clothes iron, steamers, and treadmills
Turn off your pool pump.
- This includes pool heaters, hot tubs, saunas, pond pumps, and water feature pumps
Delay using hot water if you have an electric water heater.
- This includes faucets, hoses, baths/showers, laundry, dishwasher, and hot tubs
Avoid charging your Electric Vehicles (EV), electric power tools, and/or lawnmowers.
- Schedule to charge your EV during REC’s Smart Hours (9 PM – 5 AM and 10 AM – 2 PM)
Frequently Asked Questions
The Summer Savings Plan helps to reduce the cost REC pays for wholesale electricity the following year. This keeps costs down for members, while the program itself pays members directly for their energy saving actions.
The Summer Savings Plan will run from June 1 through September 30. REC expects to ask member participants to take action typically between the hours of 4 PM to 7 PM on weekdays, excluding weekends and holidays.
The Summer Savings Plan is completely voluntary. There is no penalty for not participating. Participants stand only to benefit through a rebate and through their reduced energy use - should they choose to participate in any or all events. There are no fees to participate.
REC reviews a members past 10-day energy usage (excluding event days, weekends, and holidays) and usage hours before an event to get an estimate of the members predicted usage. REC then compares that predicted base usage to the actual usage during a called event to calculate the rebate amount.
Yes, and in MyREC SmartHub, you must enable text and/or email. If you don’t already use MyREC SmartHub to pay your bill, monitor your energy use and other features, you can join here. You will need your REC account number to sign up.
No.
REC expects to request participants to reduce their energy use 10 to 15 times from June through September. That’s because only five hours during the summer determine the rate REC pays for electricity. Steps you take to reduce energy when requested can help reduce future costs for all member-owners
Participants will be notified by 12 p.m. on the day REC needs you to help save energy. Depending on your notification settings, REC will send an alert by text, email and using the MyREC SmartHub mobile app.
Event alerts can be received by text, email and through the MyREC SmartHub app. You can choose how to receive the alert by logging into your account.
Events are called when absolutely necessary based on local load projections. Calling events prematurely can cause confusion—especially with back-to-back events—and grid needs are most accurately known just hours ahead. REC will send a notification as soon as the need for an event has been determined.
Within MyREC SmartHub, choose settings, manage notifications, REC News, Summer Savings Plan, then add the preferred phone number or email address to receive alerts.