FAQs (Students)

Your teacher has elected to participate in the El Paso Electric LivingWise Program. The program will help you learn to be energy and water wise! This can help you and your family to know how and when to use energy so you can begin to save.

The El Paso Electric LivingWise Program was developed to teach students easy ways to use energy more efficiently in their homes. Program content supports Texas (TEKS) Academic State Standards so it is easily integrated into existing curriculum.

El Paso Electric serves approximately 400,000 customers in a 10,000 square mile area of the Rio Grande valley in west Texas and southern New Mexico. For more information on El Paso Electric, click here

When your family uses energy wisely at home, you save energy and lessen your impact on the environment. Also, your family can save money on their utility bill by installing the items from the LivingWise Kit.

Your family should help you install the items in your El Paso Electric LivingWise Kit and complete the homework you receive. They can also remind you to return your completed Student Workbook.

We apologize; only one kit is available to each student.

Inform the adult that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) suggests that CFL light bulbs be recycled when they are no longer in use. When the CFL is no longer in use, replace it with a new LED Light Bulb. Locally, CFL Light Bulbs can be recycled for free at various participating retailers, recycling or solid waste centers. To find out where to take old light bulbs you can visit Earth911.com for more information.