CHARLESTON, W.Va., October 4, 2007 – Appalachian Power encourages customers to consider looking at light bulbs differently, and support the Energy Star Change a Light, Change the World campaign that starts this month. Switching out just one incandescent bulb to a high-efficiency compact fluorescent light bulb can save Appalachian customers about $6 a year.
 
“Appalachian Power customers can take part in a national effort to cut energy consumption, and save money at the same time,” said Jeri Matheney, corporate communications manager.
 
Appalachian Power encourages customers to use energy wisely. At AppalachianPower.com, customers can use energy calculators to learn potential savings from switching habits or appliances to more efficient ones. In addition, the website has a lighting calculator where customers can see potential savings from switching to different types of efficient lighting. Information about the Energy Star Change a Light, Change the World program is available at www.energystar.gov.
 
A compact fluorescent bulb uses about one-fourth the electricity of a standard incandescent bulb producing the same amount of light, and they last a lot longer. The $6 per year savings can improve to more than $40 over the average seven-year life of the bulb.
 
Appalachian Power has almost 1 million customers in Virginia, West Virginia and Tennessee (as AEP Appalachian Power). It is a unit of American Electric Power, one of the largest electric utilities in the United States, which delivers electricity to more than 5 million customers in 11 states. AEP ranks among the nation’s largest generators of electricity, owning nearly 38,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the U.S. AEP also owns the nation’s largest electricity transmission system, a nearly 39,000-mile network that includes more 765 kilovolt extra-high voltage transmission lines than all other U.S. transmission systems combined.