The specter of summer blackouts in California may soon be a relief to pocketbooks.
Conservation is the buzz of summer.
Davis OKs raise for CHP, others Try an energy tuneup courtesy of scientists whose forebears sparked the Nuclear Age and the atomic bomb. Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory recently launched the nation's first interactive energy scorecard, at savepower.lbl.gov an energy tuneup geared to slash power bills and coax conservation rebates from the state. But the Web site provides a user-friendly road map to achieving the 20 percent reduction by factoring in location, type and size of housing and other variables. Bingo, your solution to cut your energy bill by 20 percent. And, depending on your budget and comfort level, you can do it with little to no cost.