Powerful Neighborhoods Expands to Shoreline

Seattle City Light’s successful and free Powerful Neighborhoods program has come to Shoreline, offering residents a no-cost, no hassle way to save energy and money.

Program representatives will come to your home and install compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) that use 25 percent of the energy of a standard incandescent bulb. While in your home they will also check for toilet leaks and provide you with water-saving showerheads and aerators for you to install.

To date, Powerful Neighborhoods installers have visited 12,000 Seattle area homes and installed 230,000 compact florescent lightbulbs (CFLs). Customer responses have been overwhelmingly positive. The program is designed to reach out door-to-door to seniors, non-English speaking households, low-income residents and other customers who might not have participated in energy conservation programs.

Installers speak more than a dozen languages including Spanish, Cantonese and Tagalog. Single-family and up to 6-unit homes are eligible. You might get a knock on your door from a uniformed installer offering to come in and do an installation on the spot or you can call (206) 449-1132 or e-mail SCL_Install@Seattle.gov and request an appointment to be set up at your convenience.