Touchstone Energy® is a national alliance of local, consumer-owned electric cooperatives providing high standards of service to customers large and small. Our vision is to build a unifying brand that enhances electric cooperatives' greatest competitive advantage: our unique relationships with customers. Touchstone Energy® provides products, services and programs for the use by all members.

Select from the categories below for more detail on each Touchstone Energy® Program

For Your Home

For Your Business

Kids Connection

Together We Save

The "Together We Save" campaign was developed by and for the Touchstone Energy® Cooperatives as part of a national comprehensive communication program. The campaign is designed to drive people to an interactive website full of information and helpful resources.

Touchstone Energy®Home

A Touchstone Energy® Home is designed to be energy efficient and economical, as well as comfortable. Your local Touchstone Energy cooperative has developed the Touchstone Energy Home Program to help homeowners and builders in their communities. Homes are made energy efficient through a set of standards developed by electric cooperatives.

Touchstone Energy Home Energy Saver®

The Touchstone Energy Home Energy Saver® is an online tool offered in cooperation with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy as part of the national ENERGY STAR Program for improving energy efficiency in homes. The energy audit helps consumers identify ways to control their home energy use based on a detailed description of their home, its appliances and geographic location.

Energy Savings Home Tour

Take the Energy Savings Home Tour with Touchstone Energy® and "Together We Save" and add up your savings for a more energy-efficient home.

"Together We Save" Watch & Learn Vidoes

Through Touchstone Energy® and "Together We Save" a variety of "Watch & Learn" on-line  videos are available. This interactive tool provides some quick and easy tips of energy-efficient applications in your home.

"Together We Save" Touchstone Energy Saving Applications

Follow this link to learn some entertaining and informative energy saving applications.

Home Energy Savings Guide

The Home Energy Savings Guide is a popular resource for consumers to gather valuable tips to manage energy consumption by evaluating their homes and taking simple steps to trim unnecessary energy use. Click here to see full brochure. 

101 Easy Ways to Save Energy & Money

101 Easy Ways to Save Energy & Money is a brochure detailing dozens of free or inexpensive ways co-op members can save energy at home. From water heating to laundry to heating and air conditioning, this resource explains how to save on energy bills with simple modifications to the use of appliances, electronics and lighting. For complete brochure click here. 

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Co-op Connections Program

Touchstone Energy's exclusive memberhship discount card offers cooperative members thousands of local and national deals. Members can visit www.connections.coop to access all the premier national discount deals which includes savings on everything from hotels, rental cars, flowers to outdoor apparel. Recently added benefits include the new Healthy Savings package and details regarding participating providers can be found at www.healthysavings.coop. With the new My VIP Savings, you may receive cash back for selected on-line purchases. For more details go to www.myvipsavings.com.

Touchstone Energy Schools Program

Touchstone Energy is developing a national school energy efficiency progarm "Schools A+ Energy Efficiency Program" to help electric cooperatives help schools save money.

SitesAcross America.com

SitesAcrossAmerica.com is a Web-based site selection clearinghouse designed to help electric cooperatives market thousands of available properties, buildings and sites in cooperative communities. It provides companies looking to expand with important information to make their decision to locate in cooperative territory an easy one. Hundreds of properties listed on this site have been sold or leased. New features include a Premium Sites feature, which enables users to narrow their search to sites that are ready for construction, and aerial images of properties powered by Google Maps.

Business Energy Advisor

Business Energy Advisor (BEA) offers business customers the latest market developments. BEA provides information on energy-related products and services in multiple areas including HVAC, lighting, motors, distributed generation, controls equipment, building insulation and more. Business customers will also find thousands of rebates and incentives, sector reports, customer relationship tools and technology assessments.

Commercial Energy Savings Guide

The Commercial Energy Saving Guide can go a long way toward educating business customers on ways to manage energy use in an easy-to-read brochure. Tips include advice on monitoring HVAC systems, efficient water heating and ensuring proper ventilation at facilities. Click here to view this guide on our library.

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Touchstone Energy® Kids Zone

Touchstone Energy® Kids Zone is a great place for children to have hours of fun learning about electricity, electrical safety, renewable energy and energy efficiency and how to help their family create a more energy efficient home. Kids will also meet CFL Charlie, Touchstone Energy's energy efficiency mascot, who will lead them through the site with tons of games, videos and surprises.

Get Charged!

Get Charged! Program is an exclusive partnership by Touchstone Energy® Cooperatives and the Discovery Education to provide high-quality educational materials about electricity and the rich history of cooperatives to middle/junior high schools across the country.

Super Energy Saver Classroom Featuring CFL Charlie

CFL Charlie takes his energy efficiency message from the online Kids Zone into classrooms with the new "Super Energy Saver" classroom kits. The lessons and activities for grades K-5 are packed with materials that include web-based lessons, web activities and games, and printed materials that will teach kids how to become "Super Energy Savers" at home.

Power & Hope Employee Recognition Program

The Power & Hope Employee Recognition Program gives co-ops a way to identify employees who have gone above and beyond to help others when major challenges arise. This program is administered by the individual Touchstone Energy® cooperatives. It is at the co-op management's discretion to decide when and how an employee has provided power and hope within the cooperative network.

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