May 6, 2019 | Energy Efficiency, Products, Services and Us, The GVEC Review
ERCOT and Brownouts Living in South Central Texas during summer, you’ve undoubtedly endured threats of brownouts, also known as rotating outages. When the Texas heat throws our AC units into working overtime during the hottest parts of the day, energy usage soars!...
Apr 2, 2019 | Energy Efficiency, Products, Services and Us
There’s a lot of buzz about renewable energy and solar power, but do you really know the facts about how those rooftop solar panels on your neighbor’s home work? Put your solar-smarts to the test by answering “True or False” to the following statements: Q1. I can...
Mar 25, 2019 | Energy Efficiency, Products, Services and Us, The GVEC Review
The Heat is Coming…Time for Routine AC/Heating Maintenance Spring has arrived and in South Central Texas, you know what that means: Summer will soon be here—in all its radiant, blacktop-cooking, sweat-staining, heat-hazy splendor. Sure, it doesn’t officially...
Mar 12, 2019 | Energy Efficiency, The GVEC Review
March Sticker Shock If you like sunny weather, March can be one of South Central Texas’s finest months. It’s no wonder some Cooperative members might expect their GVEC electric bills for March to be lower compared to other months. After all, milder temperatures mean...
Mar 7, 2019 | Energy Efficiency, Products, Services and Us, The GVEC Review
Starting the Week with a Thermostat Mishap It’s 10 a.m., Monday morning, and you’ve been at work two hours. Suddenly you remember: “I forgot to turn up the thermostat this morning.” What do you do? Forget about it until you get home for the day, leaving the AC to cool...
Feb 18, 2019 | Energy Efficiency, The GVEC Review
The widespread adoption of incandescent lighting in the late 1880s revolutionized the world, making modern life possible. Nevertheless, the era of inefficient incandescent technology is rapidly drawing to a close. Incandescent Lighting: Outdated Science Finally Burns...
