Bel Red Energy Blog

If you are thinking about getting a generator after the recent power outages, you have a lot of choices to make:

• Portable?
• Permanent Stand-By?
• Gas, Natural Gas or Propane?
• How many kW (kilowatts)?
• What Brand is Best?
• Etc.

We've placed some short videos from Kohler and home improvement expert Ed Del Grande on our YouTube Channel. These videos provide helpful information on generators, so you can decide what kind of generator is right for you. These videos explain the pros and cons or portable and stand-by generators, explain how they work, and provide some basic information on what features to look for in a quality generator.

Snohomish County PUD customers who have electric heat and want to install insulation, windows, or a heat pump can receive substantial rebates or low-cost loans! Work must be completed by a PUD-registered installer (Like Bel Red Energy Solutions) to PUD specifications. All work must be authorized by the PUD before starting - so be sure to call PUD or Bel Red today for more information.

Click HERE for more information on available rebates from PUD, or to start the applicaiton process.

Continuing with their annual tradition, The NEWS announced the winners of the 2011 Best Contractors to Work For contest. One of only four national winners (one from each region of the United States), Bel Red Energy Solutions was honored for creating a work environment that not only nurtures employees but also provides them with opportunities for growth and development.

As if the snow wasn't bad enough, hundreds of thousands of people in the Puget Sound are now without power due to downed trees and power lines. Losing power for any length of time may not just be a nuisance, it can be a real problem:

• Furnaces can’t heat your home
• Food spoils in warm refrigerators and freezers
• Cordless phones stop working, and cell phones lose their charge
• Homes become dark and dangerous
• Medical equipment may not function
• Hot water can become a lost luxury and cooking may be impossible

Beyond this, home offices are shuttered, reducing income, sleep is lost, and incidents of illness, injury, theft and vandalism may increase.

If your power is out, we hope that it will be restored quickly. But even if it is, there are some things you need to know:

There is a saying that "no good deed goes unpunished". In an effort to provide the best service possible to our customers, we upgraded the phone lines into our office the other week. This resulted in a change in the routing ID used by all phone companies to locate us based on our phone number. Unfortunately, not all carriers update this registry regularly, and as a result, we missed hundreds of your calls over the past two weeks.

Some of you encountered busy signals, others just dead air. In any case, the problem has been fixed, and our phone lines are all up and running now. You can reach us toll-free at 800-352-1818, at 425-493-5353, or on any of our other local numbers. If you do have a problem, please keep trying - and then let us know about it so we can work with our phone provider to correct the issue.

Thank you for your patience during this process, and for your continued support.