HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1976-12-15, Page 5Citizens News, December 15, 1976 -Page 5
Use of hydro soars at Christmas
Christmas seems to be oneN„,
season of the year. when the
use of hydro soars. Christmas
lights on houses, trees and
windows increase hydro con-
sumption a good deal.
In the past we have not had
to worry about this to much,
but things are changing. Char-
lie Eckel, manager of the PUC
in Zurich, says they have
received many brochures from
Ontario Hydro asking them to
encourage consumers to save
hydro, especially between the
hours of 4 p.m, to 7 p.m. Use
of hydro during these hours has
reached a critical point, it must
be reduced.
The hydro office encourages
people to wait until after seven
to do their dishes, laundry or
to have that long hot bath. At
other times of the day, turn
out lights if they are not in
use and try and make the most
efficient use of hydro as poss-
ible.
As far as Christmas decora-
tions go, Ontario Hydro is
asking consumers to turn them
on after 7 p.m. and turn them
off again at bedtime. Flood
lights outside a home especial-
ly use a great deal of hydro
and their use should be as
limited as possible says Mr.
Eckel. Unfortunately, the vill-
age street Christmas lights
will not be running under these
regulations. There is no separ-
ate electrical circuit for the
Christmas lights in the village
of Zurich, so they must be
hooked up with the - street
lights. This means the Christ-
mas decorations on the main
streets will turn on at dusk
and off at dawn.
However, Mr. Eckel did say
the village has decided to cut
the number of decorations used
in half, from sixteen decorated
poles to only eight. Also, the
village is once again using tree
branches and a string of colored
lights to decorate tree poles
rather than spend money on
more expensive decorations.
The branches cost nothing but
the time it takes to get them
and the lights are reused year
after year. The length of time
the decorations will be left up
has also been cut by about
two weeks.
So, it may look as if the
Zurich PUC is preaching con -
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TIME TO'PUT UP THE LIGHTS—Charlie Eckel, PUC manager
for Zurich, took time last week to put up the Christmas decor.
ations on the village light standards. The lights were put up
later than usual this year and there are fewer of them in keeping
. with the hydro conservation requests of Ontario Hydro.
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servation to the rest of us while
ignoring it themselves, but
Mr. Eckel assures everyone
this is not ,the case. It is more
a matter of saving money by
not installing a separate electri-
cal circuit for the Christmas
decorations,
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