2013 Biggest Energy Saver Campaign on biggestenergysaver.com

Difficulty Level : Moderate ( 2 out of 5 ) Saving energy is great for your bank balance as well as helping to save the planet in ways you can’t even imagine. There are a lot of creative ways that could be helpful to in reducing your energy usage in a sustainable manner. And ‘The Biggest Energy Saver campaign’ is one of them great that’s designed specially to encourage customers to manage and reduce home’s monthly electricity usage through two main components — the Reduce Your Use Contest and the Lighten Your Load Sweepstakes. Register to the Contest and Sweepstakes presented by Oncor and CenterPoint and save as much electricity as they can between 4 to 7 p.m. on set event days for your chance to win gift cards, Vespa scooters, a tablet computer, and a $9,000 grand prize.

Limit: Participant must at least 18 years of age as well as account owner, reside in a home with a smart meter serving only one residence, and receive a monthly electric bill from a retail electric provider at the time of entry.

For the entry into the 2013 Biggest Energy Saver Lighten Your Load Sweepstakes, there are two phases.Let’s see the entire promotion procedure from registering to winning…

- Phase 1 (May 8 - September 20, 2013): You may register for the promotion through two alternative ways – 1) Access www.BiggestEnergySaver.com and fill out the given field in the registration form there. Or 2) If you are facebook user, then visit the Energy Saver application on the Facebook Platform at www.Facebook.com/BiggestEnergySaver, www.Facebook.com/Oncor or www.Facebook.com/CenterPointEnergy and then follow the promotion icon and directions on the ‘Facebook BES’ Application. So you will get registration form which you need to properly complete.

Once you get registered, you will be informed by email or notification that can be posted in the My Account section of the promotion website or on the Facebook Application about 21 hours prior to the start of a “Lighten Your Load Event” that begins at 4:00 PM and ends at 7:00 PM on the specified Event date. During the event you have to lighten your load of home’s energy and you will receive one entry in appropriate entry period drawing for your participation in each event. After the ending of the each three entry periods, the winner will be selected in the random drawing on the day listed in rules. For each period, one winner from Oncor service area and one winner from the CenterPoint service area will be chosen.

Phase 1 Prizes: There will be a total of six prizes winners selected, two winners for each period. Each winner will receive one $250 Walmart Gift Card.

- Phase 2 (September 9 - September 20, 2013): The participated entrant will directly receive 20 points on the basis of the percentage decrease in electricity consumption during each event. The earned points will be appeared on the Promotion Website or on the Facebook Application after your logging in. One point gives you one entry on the Promotion Website or on the Facebook Application. There is no limit of earning points.

Following the end of the Points Allocation Period of Phase 2, a random drawing will be taken place on or about September 25, 2013 for each of up to eight Points Sweepstakes.

Phase II Prizes:

- Mophie Battery Pack Case or External battery for Smartphones, Tablets and iPods, ARV: $120 - $25 Movie Night” for Two via a Gift Card
-Night Away” via a $250 Hotel Gift Card/$250 Gas Card
- Dyson AMO5 Hot + Cool Fan Heater, ARV: $400
-Weber Spirit S-210 2-Burner Natural Gas Grill in Stainless Steel, ARV: $500
-$1,500 Gift Card for a Smart HDTV
-$4,000 Gift Check for a Smart Phone Control 4.5 cu. ft. King-size Capacity, Touch Screen LCD Front-Load Washer (White) /7.5 cu. ft. King-size
-$5,000 Gift Check for a Smart Home System including lighting, security, thermostat, appliances, etc

At the same promotion site, you can also find the 2013 Biggest Energy Saver Reduce Your Use Contest that runs from 12:00 AM May 8, 2013 to 11:59 PM August 31, 2013. There are also chances to win prizes. Just like above sweepstakes, you have to register for the contest on same site or same facebook platform. But remember your registration must be completed before the May 8, 2013 to be qualified entrant of the contest. During the contest period, you have to achieve the goal of managing and reducing your home’s monthly electricity usage as compared to a comparable period in 2012 by tracking consumption via the Smart Meter Texas portal, weekly emails, bill forecasts, alerts, or other energy analysis.

There are three monthly contest period and at the conclusion of each one, five finalists from Oncor’s service area and five Finalists from CenterPoint’s service area will be deemed as Oncor Finalists on the basis of highest percentage decrease in electricity usage. Each finalist will be suggested to submit a short summary explaining the important steps and tools to help reduce their energy consumption. Afterward qualified representatives will judge all finalists’ summaries based on the judging criteria and the best summaries will be posted online for public voting. And lastly one lucky grand prize Winner for Oncor and one grand prize winner for CenterPoint Energy will be announced and awarded with $9,000 Gift Check for his/ her choice of VESPA Scooters or Solar Panels for your home or a Smart Home System. As well, Home Improvement Gift Cards, Mini Tablet Computer will be awarded there.

Don’t miss this wonderful chance ever, save as much electricity as you can and be winner of the exciting prizes.