Energy Select has both short- and long-term positive effects on the environment. Since Energy Select customers have an opportunity to immediately lower their overall energy consumption, in addition to paying less for the energy they do use, it is part of Gulf Power's EarthCents initiative to help customers reduce energy consumption and save money. Also, since Energy Select is designed to lower peak demand and defer the need for building additional generating facilities, in the long term, it's an environmentally friendly program.

Environmental commitment is a core value at Gulf Power. We take ownership and responsibility for helping the environment by committing the resources needed to make it happen. By investing in innovative technologies and programs like Energy Select, Gulf Power offers a way for using our natural resources more efficiently. And with Energy Select, customers get the added benefit of saving money.

Energy Select is credited with reducing Gulf Power's summer peak demand of electricity by as much as 20 megawatts. Comparatively speaking, just one Super Wal-Mart retail store is equivalent to 1 megawatt. Imagine the energy reduction Gulf Power receives when the amount is reduced by 20 Super Wal-Mart retail stores. An environmentally friendly program like Energy Select is a reminder that the least expensive and cleanest energy is energy not generated.