PSE Team Wins ENERGY STAR(R) "Recycle My Old Fridge" Refrigerator Art Contest

BELLEVUE, Wash.--(Business Wire)--
Puget Sound Energy project team members have turned a 1952
refrigerator door into an award-winning work of art - and a reminder
that we can all help the environment and save energy by recycling old,
inefficient appliances.

The PSE team was honored at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., with
an award from the U.S. Department of Energy & ENERGY STAR(R)'s
"Recycle My Old Fridge" refrigerator art contest. PSE's 1952 fridge
door was recognized in the category of "The Art of Recycling: The
Coolest Show in Town" at the ceremony held at the National Building
Museum this month. The door, which is decorated with a life-size image
of a retro-styled housewife, flowers made from refrigerator motor
parts and the banner "Time to Unplug" will remain on display at the
museum indefinitely.

Sharon Kegley, market manager for Energy Efficiency Services for
PSE, found the door on an informational tour through local
refrigerator recycling organization, JACO Environmental. PSE and JACO
are partners in a local refrigerator recycling program that offers a
$30 rebate and free pick-up to PSE customers who contact JACO to
decommission older refrigerators, which can use up to four times the
energy of newer models.

"While investing in newer, more efficient appliances is a great
way to reduce household energy use, throwing away an older, less
energy efficient refrigerator is not a good long-term plan for the
environment," said Cal Shirley, vice president of Energy Efficiency
Services for PSE. "Most people know not to throw away an old
refrigerator, but don't realize how much energy it continues to use
when left on in their basement or garage."

Over the course of its two-year partnership with JACO
Environmental, PSE has helped customers recycle more than 6,000
refrigerators. Once a unit has been picked up from a customer's home,
JACO removes all the toxic materials (such as Freon), disassembles the
shell and interior, and then sorts the materials by glass, metal,
plastic, and insulation for reuse.

"We used parts from inside the refrigerator to drive home the
message that almost all parts of the old units can be reused," said
Kegley. Other Energy Efficiency Services team members involved in
creating the winning door were: Mary Carnes, program implementer,
whose image graces the outside; Sandra Palmer, senior market analyst;
Danny Grady, Powerful Choices facilitator, and Jane Howard, Powerful
Choices facilitator. All work at the utility's Bellevue offices.

Images of PSE's "Time to Unplug" submission and all the winning
entries can be seen at www.recyclemyoldfridge.com.

PSE customers can obtain more information about how to recycle
their old refrigerators and other energy efficiency information and
assistance from PSE by visiting PSE.com, or by calling a PSE Energy
Advisor at 1-800-562-1482.

About Puget Sound Energy

Washington state's oldest and largest energy utility, with a
6,000-square-mile service area stretching across 11 counties, Puget
Sound Energy (PSE) serves more than 1 million electric customers and
737,000 natural gas customers. PSE, a subsidiary of Puget Energy
(NYSE:PSD), meets the energy needs of its growing customer base
primarily in Western Washington through incremental, cost-effective
energy conservation, procurement of sustainable energy resources, and
far-sighted investment in the energy-delivery infrastructure. PSE
employees are dedicated to providing great customer service to deliver
energy that is safe, reliable, reasonably priced, and environmentally
responsible. For more information, visit www.PSE.com.

Puget Sound Energy
Rebekah Anderson, 1-888-831-7250

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