Atlantic City Electric offers free trees to customers via energy-saving trees program

Atlantic City Electric is providing 2,000 free trees to customers through the Energy-Saving Trees program. The program, which launched as a joint pilot initiative with the Arbor Day Foundation in 2012, helps customers conserve energy and lower household electricity bills through strategic tree planting.

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Sugar maples and other trees are being provided
to help ACE customers conserve energy.

“Atlantic City Electric is pleased to again partner with the Arbor Day Foundation to provide free trees to our customers,” Vince Maione, region president of Atlantic City Electric, said in a press release. “The Energy-Saving Trees program not only benefits the environment but can also help customers save money on their energy bills.”

According to ADF, the 2,000 trees are estimated to produce more than $380,000 in energy savings within 20 years.

The 2- to 4-foot-tall trees will be delivered directly to customers at ideal planting time. The types of trees offered include sugar maple, river birch, hackberry, American beech, bald cypress, white dogwood and Washington hawthorn.

Participants are expected to be the sole caretakers for the trees. Customers can decide on a suitable planting location with the help of an online tool created by ADF and the Davey Institute, a division of Davey Tree Expert Co. The Energy-Saving Trees online tool uses peer-reviewed scientific research from the USDA Forest Service’s i-Tree software to calculate estimated benefits. The online tool is suitable for Internet Explorer version 9, Firefox and Google Chrome. For technical help, contact ADF at 1-855-670-2773.

Customers can reserve up two trees per household at arborday.org/ace or by calling 1-855-670-2773. The program will continue until all 2,000 trees are reserved.

For more information, visit atlanticcityelectric.com.

— Kelley Anne Essinger

This article was published in The SandPaper.