Newark electric customers offered free energy assessment

City of Newark electric customers who complete a free online assessment can find ways to save energy, earn rewards and help Newark win Efficiency Smart’s Online Home Energy Assessment Community Challenge.

Residents who complete the assessment by Sept. 30 will earn a $5 digital voucher for energy-saving products from Efficiency Smart’s Online Savings store and will be entered to win their choice of any product from the online store. Those who have previously completed an assessment are already entered and can log back into their account to claim their $5 voucher code.

The Efficiency Smart community with the largest percentage of households completing an assessment by Sept. 30 will win the challenge. Three people from the winning community and two from the rest of all completed assessments will win their choice of any item from Efficiency Smart’s Online Savings store.


The assessment helps residential electric customers identify where they can save energy in their homes. The platform provides real-time energy saving recommendations for each completed question.

To take the challenge or to learn more, visit www.efficiencysmart.org/newark-delaware and select “Online Home Energy Assessment”.

The assessment is part of the broader Efficiency Smart program that Newark officials signed on to be part of in 2019. The program also sells energy-efficient light bulbs at a reduced price and provides rebates for buying efficient appliances.

The program, which costs $1.1 million over three years, is funded by the Delaware Municipal Electric Corporation, which supplies electricity to Newark and other municipalities in Delaware. DEMEC officials say the program will save money in the long run because reducing electric consumption will allow the utility to delay capital infrastructure investments and avoid buying expensive power during times of peak usage.