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Saving money and going green? Both arepossible with Power2Switch!!

You Have The Power 2 SwitchFrom ComEd!

By Stephanie DurantStephanie Durant, March 15, 2011 at 12:34 pm

Did you know that you don't have to useComEd? That's right....you have a choice!

SAVE MONEY ON YOUR ELECTRIC BILL!In order to get you that extra $300/month to put inyour savings to become a millionaire, why not startby saving money on your electric bill? Check out

Power2Switch! I chatted with the founder, Seyi Fabode last week and hetold me all about his passion....saving people money!

Seyi was inspired to startPower2Switch when heworked for a powergeneration plant in Londonwhere most of the clientswere large businesses. Henoticed that few paidattention to smallbusinesses or residentialcustomers, so while gettinghis MBA from Booth Schoolof Business; he startedlooking to bring choices tothose groups. Not onlywould this be an opportunityto save money, it would alsobe an opportunity to engagein alternate energy thanComEd. See (in honor ofEarth Week) you can alsogo GREEN in addition tosaving your green -

Power2Switch offers alternate energy options, like renewable energy fromlocal wind farms! How cool is that!

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ABOUT POWER2SWITCHIn 2010, the site Power2Switch was launched and it began offeringresidential electric customers powerful options in 2011. Currentlyonly 0.03% of Illinois residents have switched or even know the fact that youcan ditch ComEd and switch over to a number of either cheaper or greenerproviders....the website Power2Switch breaks it all down easy for you - andif you have questions about switching, just call and ask and they'll walk youthrough the process. It's a small operation for now, focusing on providingquality service to customers in Illinois, but as the word gets around aboutsaving thousands of dollars, others will start catching on and switching!

Seyi, as I mentioned before, is like me and is very passionate about helpingothers save money. His favorite moments with Power2Switch are gettingemails of positive feedback of big savings! SIMPLE ENERGY SAVINGS ADVICESeyi mentioned in addition to switching to save money, there are othersimple ways to save...

1. Turn off the lights when you aren't using them.2. Never sleep with the lights on - it's a huge waste (of $ and electricity)3. Kill the Vampires! (Vampire plugs that is!) Energy Vampires

are appliances that use energy even while they're not on, see...theyare dead but still suck energy,...hence, they are vampires - anyway,Seyi mentioned you can replace regular plugs with special anti-vampire plugs. These are great for TVs, computers and they monitorhow long appliances have been on and turn them off when unused -saving you money on your electric bill! You can find these online or atHome/Hardware stores.

4. Ask your landlord for energy-efficient appliances, like "Energy-StarRated". In the long run, they will save you both money! It's a win-win!

The best thing about saving energy is, not only is it good for yourbudget, it's good for the Earth too! Happy Earth Week! Now, goswitch your energy provider!!!

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SeyiFabodeSeyiFabode said April 21, 2011 at 12:00 am

In reply to jack:

Hi Jack, none of the suppliers we work with currently offer all-electric home discounts. I'll reach out to you once these types ofdiscounts become available. Thanks!

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jackjack said April 21, 2011 at 12:00 am

Does he offer all electric home discount? We need that in condos.

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