SHREVEPORT, La. (March 28, 2023) – Southwestern Electric Power Co., an American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP) company, today announced the company received two 2023 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year Sustained Excellence awards from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy.
SWEPCO received ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Sustained Excellence in Arkansas for continuing to deliver the Home Performance with ENERGY STAR program that achieves verifiable energy savings, improves safety and comfort, and enhances the durability and affordability of residential customer homes. In Louisiana and Texas, the company received ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Sustained Excellence for overcoming market barriers and promoting the widespread adoption of certified ENERGY STAR residential products through its energy efficiency programs.
“The rising costs of living coupled with ongoing COVID-related financial issues have made it even more important for us to help our customers identify ways to save energy, save money and live more comfortably,” said Paul Pratt, SWEPCO director of Customer Services & Marketing. “We’re honored for the SWEPCO team and our network of contractors to be recognized for providing exceptional energy efficiency programs that bring long-lasting value to our customers and communities.”
Each year, the ENERGY STAR program honors a group of businesses and organizations that have made outstanding contributions to protecting the environment through superior energy achievements. ENERGY STAR award winners lead their industries in the production, sale and adoption of energy efficient products, homes, buildings, services and strategies.
“I applaud this year’s ENERGY STAR award winners for working with EPA to deliver a clean energy future that saves American consumers and businesses money and creates jobs,” EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan.
Winners are selected from a network of thousands of ENERGY STAR partners. For a complete list of 2023 winners and more information about ENERGY STAR’s awards program, visit energystar.gov/awardwinners.
Arkansas highlights
SWEPCO has received ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year recognition in Arkansas for nine consecutive years and the Sustained Excellence award for seven consecutive years.
SWEPCO improved the energy efficiency of 1,851 single-family and 1,137 multifamily homes through its Home Performance with ENERGY STAR Pathway. These customers now save more than 8 gigawatt-hours of energy a year – the equivalent to removing more than 1,200 passenger cars from the road for a year or avoiding 14.1 million miles driven. The company helped 53 households where customers are over 65 years old or qualify as low-income save more than 266,000 kilowatt-hours of energy.
Visit SWEPCO.com/ARsaves to learn how to participate in the Home Performance with ENERGY STAR Pathway as well as the other available Arkansas Energy Efficiency Pathways.
Louisiana and Texas highlights
SWEPCO has received ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year recognition in Louisiana and Texas for the third year in a row and the Sustained Excellence award for the first time. Organizations who have consistently earned Partner of the Year for several years in a row and whose annual achievements continue to surpass those in previous years are eligible to receive Sustained Excellence at the EPA’s discretion.
SWEPCO improved the energy efficiency of Louisiana and Texas households by helping them save more than 1.9 million kilowatt-hours of energy – the equivalent to removing 301 passenger cars from the road for a year or avoiding 3.5 million miles driven. ENERGY STAR-certified products installed in customer homes included 403 high efficiency air-source heat pumps, 294 smart thermostats, 175 ceiling fans, 127 dishwashers, 57 Level 2 electric vehicle charging stations, 31 heat pump water heaters, 25 pool pumps, six air purifiers and two refrigerators.
Visit SWEPCO.com/Save to learn how to participate in the Louisiana and Texas Energy Efficiency Programs.
About Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO)
SWEPCO, an American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP) company, serves more than 543,000 customers in northwest and central Louisiana, northeast Texas and the Texas Panhandle, and western Arkansas. SWEPCO’s headquarters are in Shreveport, La. News releases and other information about SWEPCO can be found at SWEPCO.com. Connect with us at Facebook.com/SWEPCO, Twitter.com/SWEPCOnews, Instagram.com/swepco, Youtube.com/SWEPCOtv, LinkedIn.com/company/swepco and SWEPCOConnections.com.
About ENERGY STAR
ENERGY STAR® is the government-backed symbol for energy efficiency, providing simple, credible, and unbiased information that consumers and businesses rely on to make well-informed decisions. Thousands of industrial, commercial, utility, state, and local organizations—including more than 40 percent of the Fortune 500®—rely on their partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to deliver cost-saving energy efficiency solutions. Since 1992, ENERGY STAR and its partners helped American families and businesses avoid more than $500 billion in energy costs and achieve more than 4 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas reductions. More background information about ENERGY STAR’s impacts can be found at www.energystar.gov/impacts and state-level information can be found at energystar.gov/partner_resources/state_fact_sheets.