[CPEO-MEF] ENERGY: Army Hawaii Family Housing in Hawaii

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[I missed this when it first came out. - LS]

Army to gauge electricity billing

Special meters will be installed in soldiers' homes in a program to 
measure power usage

By Gregg K. Kakesako
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Nov 29, 2009

Nearly 6,000 residential homes on Oahu Army posts next year will be part 
of a pilot program intended to help soldiers and their families save on 
electrical costs.

Ann Wharton, spokeswoman for Army Hawaii Family Housing in Hawaii, said 
there are 400 "historic homes" on Oahu that still need to have special 
electrical meters installed. Next year, the Army will begin monitoring 
the meters at homes at Schofield Barracks, Fort Shafter, Aliamanu and 
other housing areas to determine a baseline on electrical usage, Wharton 
said.

"Actual or live billing will probably begin 2011," Wharton added. There 
is currently no charge for soldiers who live in on-post housing.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.starbulletin.com/news/20091129_Army_to_gauge_electricity_billing.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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