Florida Families Can Help Neighbors and Celebrate an Energy-Efficient Holiday

Tips to Save Energy All Season Long

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA –Florida Power & Light (FPL) is combining holiday spirit with energy awareness this season through its Care To Share® initiative and interactive House of Savings experience. 

Care To Share provides customers facing financial hardship with up to $750 during 12 months to help pay the FPL bill.  

FPL’s House of Savings challenge is designed to make learning about practical energy-saving tips interesting for all ages. The interactive experience takes customers on a virtual home tour to spot energy-saving opportunities by interacting with items like the thermostat or fridge. 

As part of this online experience, Floridians can make a difference by helping neighbors in need while learning ways to save energy during the holidays. 

For every House of Savings game completed by a registered player from now through Dec. 22, FPL will donate $5 to the Care To Share® financial assistance fund, up to $10,000. These funds will provide vital emergency assistance to Floridians who are facing crises.

Pay Holiday Energy-Efficiency Forward 

In addition, participants have a chance to win one of 80 Holiday Energy-Efficiency Boxes, valued at $150 each. Each box includes practical items designed to make the holidays brighter while using less energy. Winners can also nominate another registered Floridian to receive a box, spreading the holiday cheer all season long. 

Winners can choose from two themed energy-efficient prize boxes, including: 

■ Kitchen: Smart outlet, toaster oven, and LED-lit wreath. 

■ Outdoor: LED string lights, outdoor timer outlet, solar lawn stakes, and snowflake window clings.

Tips for a Holiday-Ready, Energy-Efficient Home 

As Floridians get their homes into the holiday spirit, FPL is also offering simple energy-saving tips to keep bills as low as possible this holiday season: 

■ Deck the halls with LED string lights to save nearly a dollar per string of lights per month as they use 80% to 90% less energy and last 10x as long as incandescent. Consider adding solar-powered lighting to your holiday décor, which uses zero energy.  

■ Plug your lights and inflatables into an outlet timer and program them to turn off automatically when you’re asleep. Running a medium-sized inflatable overnight costs an average of $4.90 extra per month, which adds up with multiple inflatables.  

■ If you opt for inflatables, consider a smart power strip to avoid phantom energy usage, which draws from decorations that appear off and can cost the average household as much as $100 per year (or $16 during the holiday season). 

■ Go energy-free and decorate for the holiday with ornaments, wreaths, ribbons, and pathway decorations.  

■ Making holiday treats? Consider using a small appliance instead of the oven, like a microwave, toaster oven, or air fryer, whenever possible. These use about one-third the power of an oven broiler. 

For more tips, programs, resources, and rebates, customers can go to FPL.com/WaystoSave, where they can access FPL’s savings tools like the Energy Manager and House of Savings.

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