Rebates on energy-saving appliances

Saving today starts at home. As your customer- owned electric utility, SMUD can help you save money on your bill while helping to improve your home's comfort and protecting the environment.

Before you purchase or replace equipment, appliances or electronics for your home, check with SMUD first for product information and rebates on qualifying ENERGY STAR® products. When shopping for appliances, be sure to ask for ENERGY STAR. It's your assurance that what you're buying meets high standards for energy efficiency set by the U.S. EPA.

To find out ways that you can save today and help build a cleaner, healthier environment for tomorrow, visit smud.org/savetoday, or call SMUD at 1-888-742-SMUD (7683) to ask about appliance rebates.

Keeping people and pets safe

When SMUD's meter readers encounter unrestrained pets as they make their rounds, it can result in some uneasy moments for both.

On the average, a meter reader encounters more than 60 dogs for every 100 homes they visit. And usually they are the last to know when a family has added one of man's best friends to the household.

You can help to safeguard your pet, as well as your SMUD meter reader, by taking steps to keep them apart on days when your meter is read. Your meter reading schedule can be viewed by going online to smud.org. Find the billing cycle number that appears on your monthly bill, and then match that number to dates on the calendar when your meter will be read. This can be done as well by calling SMUD at 1-888-742-SMUD (7683).

Let SMUD know of any new animals that may be playing in the yard, and help us keep both people and pets safe.

It's a fact that fully-grown, properly placed shade trees can cut your summer cooling costs by as much as 40 percent. Your home is a candidate if it has eastern, western or southern exposures that are heated by direct sunlight. And all it takes to get your free shade trees is a phone call to the Sacramento Tree Foundation at (916) 924-TREE (8733).

A community forester will come to your yard to help you select the locations and best types of trees for your property and to answer questions about planting and caring for your trees. Appointments can also be made by going online to smud.org.

Since 1990, SMUD, in collaboration with the Sacramento Tree Foundation, has planted more than 400,000 trees in the Sacramento area. For more information about SMUD's Sacramento Shade program, call 1-888-742-SMUD (7683).

Medical equipment discount rate

Qualifying devices may include, respirators, hemodialysis machines, motorized wheelchairs and more.

The special rate may also apply to people with special electric heating and air conditioning needs, such as paraplegic, hemiplegic, quadriplegic and multiple sclerosis patients.

To find out if you qualify, give SMUD a call at 1-888-742-SMUD (7683), or go online to smud.org/pay, and click on the Medical Equipment Discount link.

Save Today. Save Tomorrow.
We can work together to protect the environment, help our community, and help you save money on your bill. Saving today will keep costs low, maintain reliable electric service, and help build a cleaner, healthier environment for tomorrow.

For more information on SMUD programs including Greenergy, SolarShares, appliance rebates and SolarSmart Homes, visit www.smud.org/savetoday.