MyMeter allows members to take charge of energy use
TEC has launched a new service called MYMETER, a Web-based energy tracking service that will provide members with current energy usage information and tools for greater control over their electric bills. Click here for information on how to become your home’s energy manager with MYMETER.

TEC sponsors Home Efficiency Expo
TEC is joining forces once again with neighboring cooperatives Hawkeye REC and Allamakee-Clayton Electric Cooperative to host a free Home Efficiency Expo on Thursday, March 18. The expo will be held at Nob Hill Supper Club, 2955 U.S. Hwy. 52 (five miles north of Decorah, Iowa) from 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. and will focus on what consumers can do to make their homes more energy efficient. Read on for the list of exhibits and the schedule of events.

Attend the Youth Cooperative Leadership Conference
TEC is offering a chance for two high school students in grades 10-12 to attend a two-day Youth Cooperative Leadership Conference March 15-16, 2010 in Roseville, MN. For a chance to win a spot for this event the student’s parents or guardians must be TEC members. Simply provide TEC with the student’s name, parents/guardians names, address and phone number by calling
1-800-432-2285 or emailing Annie Hoiland. Deadline for submitting names for this drawing is February 15. Additional information regarding the conference is available here.

Minnesota "Trade in & Save" appliance program
Starting March 1st, the Minnesota Office of Energy Security plans to launch its energy efficient appliance rebate program using $5 million received for this activity through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.  The Minnesota “Trade in & Save” Appliance Program will give residents a rebate for replacing their appliance energy hog with a new ENERGY STAR model. Minnesota homeowners are encouraged to begin their research now by visiting www.mnappliancerebate.com. Reservations for rebate applications begin March 1, 2010 at 8am CST at www.mnappliancerebate.com or by calling the program's toll-free number of 1-877-230-9119.

Free eNewsletter on energy efficiency
Questline is a quarterly eNewsletter featuring information on ways homeowners can lower their energy use and in turn save money. Questline comes complete with a searchable energy eLibrary; a set of energy Quick-Tips; and HVAC, home energy use and carbon footprint calculators – all geared towards helping consumers better manage their energy use. Read more.

Our Energy, Our Future
Your voice counts. Earlier this year, consumers and electric cooperatives worked together to bring co-op concerns to the forefront of the U.S. House of Representatives’ climate change debate. As a result the House revised its climate change bill, H.R. 2454, resulting in significant rate relief for electric co-op consumers compared to the measure first introduced. Co-ops are still concerned with parts of the bill and it’s far from perfect, but it’s a step in the right direction. Read more and act today!

E-mail your representative and senators today:
Tim Walz, U.S. Representative 1st District
Amy Klobuchar, U.S. Senator
Alan Franken, U.S. Senator