Alabama Power Co/light bulbs

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As some of you may remember, I wrote that Alabama Power Co has put an insert

in all of their bills this past month, asking every household in the state of

Alabama to change out one bulb in their home to the bulbs that contain mercury

(I can't remember the name of that bulb AHHHH).  Anyway the insert from

ALabama Power said nothing about mercury being in the bulbs.  I emailed to them

and

got their reply today.  Here it is:

Dear Customer,

Thank you for your email to Alabama Power.

We participated in the Change a Light campaign as part of the national U.S.

Department of Energy - Energy Star program which urges customers to sign a

pledge to change out one standard light bulb and become more energy efficient,

thereby saving money and energy through conservation. On the bulbs issued

through

us, it is clearly listed along with a website and phone number, that the bulb

should be properly disposed of due to mercury.

By taking this small step to install a compact fluorescent bulb, the cost

benefit and savings will go a long way in helping customers to see savings on

their energy bill over the life of the bulb.

Alabama Power

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[Guest guest]

Write back and ask what would be the recommended procedure if you

dropped one in your house and it broke.

Dana

> As some of you may remember, I wrote that Alabama Power Co has put

an insert

> in all of their bills this past month, asking every household in the

state of

> Alabama to change out one bulb in their home to the bulbs that

contain mercury

> (I can't remember the name of that bulb AHHHH). Anyway the insert from

> ALabama Power said nothing about mercury being in the bulbs. I

emailed to them and

> got their reply today. Here it is:

>

> Dear Customer,

>

> Thank you for your email to Alabama Power.

>

> We participated in the Change a Light campaign as part of the

national U.S.

> Department of Energy - Energy Star program which urges customers to

sign a

> pledge to change out one standard light bulb and become more energy

efficient,

> thereby saving money and energy through conservation. On the bulbs

issued through

> us, it is clearly listed along with a website and phone number, that

the bulb

> should be properly disposed of due to mercury.

>

> By taking this small step to install a compact fluorescent bulb, the

cost

> benefit and savings will go a long way in helping customers to see

savings on

> their energy bill over the life of the bulb.

>

> Alabama Power

>

>

>

>

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> See what's new at http://www.aol.com

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 10/28/07 10:35:23 PM Central Standard Time,

danasview@... writes:

> Write back and ask what would be the recommended procedure if you

> dropped one in your house and it broke.

>

> Dana

>

Hi Dana, I did indeed write back to Alabama Power Co. I posed several

questions to them in a numbered format. It will be interesting to see what they

respond. So far I have only received the " we received your email and it is

important to us " automated email. But last time it took about a week for them

to

respond so I have not given up hope that I will have something to post to the

list soon. If they don't write...I will call. Thanks to the group for the

interest.

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