CPS Energy employees rallied outside their Northside Customer Service Center today to say “Thanks a Million” to customers for redeeming more than a million CFL bulb rebates in less than a year, saving more than 39,252,651 kilowatt-hours (kWh) or a little more than 3.9 megawatts (MW) of electricity.

“That is enough electricity to power 2,180 San Antonio homes, that is electricity we did not have to produce, and that is money our customers saved on their bill,” said CPS Energy’s Manager of Retail Energy Solutions Lynda Rodriguez.

Earlier this year CPS Energy announced its ambitious and ground-breaking Million Bulb Challenge and sponsored rebates through H-E-B to buy down the costs of compact fluorescent bulbs and make them more affordable.  Customers responded by purchasing 1,455,101 bulbs in ten months, which equals 39,252,651 kWh in energy savings across the community.

CPS Energy’s rebate effort with CFLs is part of the overall Save for Tomorrow Energy Program (STEP).  Through STEP, CPS Energy is working with the community through through rebates and other initiatives to save 771 MW of electricity by 2020.

“We want to empower our customers to make those changes around their homes to reduce each family’s energy footprint,” said CPS Energy’s Senior Vice President of Retail Energy John Saenz.  “It saves our customers money, and it saves us from having to build more power plants. which again saves our customers money.”