Energy Saving Tips Beat the summer heat and save money by following a few of these energy efficiency tips: • Use microwaves to warm leftovers. Conventional ovens use more energy than other cooking appliances. If you do use a conventional oven, try keeping the oven door closed as much as possible to prevent the heating of your home and the cooling of your food. • Keep the doors inside your home open. This allows cooled air to flow freely throughout your home without having to adjust your thermostat. • Use blinds, drapes, and shades in windows to help block out the sun. Sunlight beaming through your windows causes your home to heat up.
Ingredients:
Pizza Snacks
1 lb. mild sausage 1 lb. Velveeta cheese 1 lb. hot sausage 1 tbsp. Italian dressing 1 loaf sliced party rye bread (or bread of your choice)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Brown mild and hot sausage together in skillet and drain. Add Italian seasoning. Cut Velveeta cheese into small pieces and melt in sausage mixture. Cook until cheese is melted. Put spoonful on each slice of party rye bread. Place in oven long enough to crisp bread and finish melting cheese. Congratulations to Donna Swords, the most recent winner of our recipe contest! To enter our contest, submit your recipe at www.dixie.coop or post it to our Facebook page for your chance to win a $25 Visa gift card and have your recipe featured in an upcoming issue of Co-op Currents.
Co-opcurrents
For Dixie Electric Cooperative Member-Owners July 2015
Coming Soon to a Mailbox Near You
At the end of July 2015, you will be receiving a packet that contains a brochure outlining proposed amendment changes to the cooperative's bylaws. The brochure will also contain biographical information for trustees up for election. Your August issue of Alabama Living will contain samples of the ballot and packet so you will know what to be watching for in your mailbox. We encourage everyone to take the time to review the packet when it is received, and most importantly vote. As an incentive to encourage your participation, every memberowner who votes will receive a $5 credit on his or her October electric bill. Your board is excited to be able to offer this opportunity for your voice to be heard.
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Staying up-to-date with Dixie Electric Cooperative has never been easier now that we are on social media. You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. We strive to keep our member-owners well informed. What can you expect to find on our pages? We are sharing safety and energy efficiency tips, recipes, fun facts, photos, upcoming events, special programs, and much more. You can also find out the latest information on power outages, weather damage, or any other problem that may have occurred in your area. So what are you waiting for? Be sure to like Dixie Electric Cooperative on Facebook, follow @DixieCoop on Twitter, and check out the Dixie Electric Cooperative YouTube channel. Don't miss out on all the latest news!
Beware of Utility Payment Scams The utility payment scam continues to hit our area. Here are some basics of how the scam works: The caller represents himself as being with Dixie Electric Cooperative and states that your power bill has not been paid, or in some instances says that a recent payment has been returned. They continue to tell the member-owner that they are pending immediate disconnection of service. The caller then encourages the memberowner to make a payment by going to a local store to purchase a prepaid debit/credit card. While we do make automated courtesy telephone calls to memberowners to alert them of delinquent bills, we will NEVER contact you attempting to collect payment directly over the phone. If you receive a call of this nature or ever have questions regarding the legitimacy of a call, do NOT provide the caller with any personal information. Instead contact our office immediately at 1-888-349-4332. Your cooperative is ALWAYS looking out for you.
Post Office Box 242189 | Montgomery, AL 36124
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