Save Money and Electricity

• Domestic customers can benefit from the lifeline tariff, which is at a subsidized rate.
• Customers who consume about 15 units of electricity in a month constitute approximately 55,000 customers.
• By lighting 4 energy savings bulbs (globes) of 10 watts each for five hours a day for 30 days, the maximum monthly bill is about UGS 2,800/= including VAT and monthly service fee!
  NB. One unit of electricity is equivalent to switching on one regular globe of 100 watts for ten hours OR four energy saving globes of 25 watts for ten hours.
• When you use four fluorescent tubes, a radio, a television set, a refrigerator, an electric kettle and a flat iron, you consume about 105 Kwh (units) a month. This will cost you approximately UGshs 48,800/=
• When you use 10 fluorescent tube bulbs, a radio, a television, a kettle, a fridge, a cooker, multiple security lights, washing machine, water heater, you use about 600 units per month. This will cost you approximately UGshs ... 297,600/=

Appeal: Use energy efficient bulbs and appliances to reduce the monthly bill.
Umeme appeals to its customers to conserve energy at their premises all the time in order to reduce the monthly expenditure on the electricity bills.

Heating water using electrical appliances

• Avoid using water heaters for long hours. Ensure they are well insulated and if possible, fit a time switch in the water heater.
• Boil only the water you need to avoid wastage of power
• Use a jug/kettle with an automatic switch
• Take a shower instead of a bath, you use less water and therefore less energy to heat it

Ironing/pressing clothes with a flat iron

• Do not leave clothes to dry for too long as they will require more power to press them
• Iron clothes at once. Avoid intermittent ironing as it leads to wastage of power.

Refrigeration/Air condition

• Ensure that fridges, deep freezers are properly closed to avoid heat loss to the surroundings; if possible, use a fridge thermometer.
• Food should be left to cool before it is put in the fridge
• If you feel hot within a room, try to remove warm clothes like sweaters instead of rushing to turn on the thermostat or air conditioner

Lighting in homes and external surroundings

• Use energy saving bulbs of 5-40 W and fluorescent tubes instead of 75 W or 100W bulbs. Use of lower wattage bulbs is recommended because they consume less power.
• Switch off lights which are not required including security lights, where possible.
• Keep internal doors closed wherever possible to avoid heat loss
• Always draw the curtains at night to prevent the valuable heat getting out
• Always remember to switch off lights when you leave a room empty Cooking using electricity
• When water has boiled on a cooker, keeping the switches at maximum position only wastes energy; turn the switch down to keep the water boiling.
• Boil the water for cooking vegetables in a kettle rather than in the pan on the cooker and carefully transfer the water into the pan when it is boiled.
• Ensure that the sizes of your cooking pans match the sizes of your cooker plates
• Cover with a lid all your cooking pots General use of electrical/electronic appliances
• Upon turning off household electronic or electrical appliances such as music system, TV, ensure that the appliances in question are off at the set or at the main. They use electrical energy when left on standby.
• New appliances are more energy efficient than older models. This is mainly due to new energy efficient technology incorporated in the devices/appliances.

Safety Message

• Stay away from broken wires, low sagging wires and trees or other objects that are in contact with electricity wires. Also stay away from distribution boards without covers and/or any unsafe electrical equipment.
• Report all such dangers to 031-2185185 (MTN), 041-4185185 (UTL), 075-2185185 (CELTEL) or the nearest Umeme office.