As our days warm with the season, demand for resources will increase.  Electric fans help for indoor comfort, but, as we all know, nothing beats air conditioning but with this comfort comes an unfortunate increase in power utilization.

Lawns are beautiful, flowers bloom, and our vegetables are starting to grow toward the sky.  Out come the sprinklers, the answer to wilting pea vines and browning of our lawns.  Drip irrigation for our food crops and fruit trees are far more efficient and replacing water hungry landscaping with drought resistant plants and ground cover will not only save you money but will also conserve our vital resource, water.  Three cheers to all of you who have installed rain water barrels and retention systems for your irrigation.  You really take a load off our water system.

With the sun comes increased output from the solar panels which not only save you money on electricity, you might even be producing power for your neighbors.  Local generation of power keeps dollars local, allows area growth with less expansion of infrastructure and help keep the air we all breath a bit cleaner.

Thank you all for doing your part in conserving our resources.  Our futures depend on these efforts and, with increased support from our PUD, the future looks better already.