Jackson Energy Cooperative

Save on prescriptions with new Co-op Connections Card

Stop by your local Jackson Energy office to pick up your new Co-op Connections card and start saving on your prescription medication. The new Co-op Connections card includes savings at restaurants, stores and hotels, but it also offers a savings of 10% to 60% on prescriptions.

The new card has code information for the New Benefits pharmacy discount program.The list of participating pharmacies include CVS, Rite Aid, Kroger and Wal-Mart chains, as well as indpendent pharmacies throughout the area.

A mail order option is also available for long-term maintenance drugs.

For a complete list of participating pharmacies, call 1-800-800-7616. or long on to - www.locateproviders.com. To access discount information, log on to www.rxpricequotes.com.

Make a difference in your community for only pennies a day

How can only one person make a difference in their community for only pennies a day? By joining Jackson Energy's Operation Round-Up.

Operation Round-Up allows a member to voluntarily round up their monthly electric bill to the next highest dollar amount, and the extra money is placed into a trust account that is used to fund worthwhile community project.

Studies have shown that the average amount contributed to Operation Round-Up is less than 50¢ a month.

An independent board will review grant proposals from community groups and choose which projects to fund. For more information or to sign up, call 1 800-262-7480.

Projects funded include -

• $1000 to Owsley County Youth Foundation,

• $1000 to Owsley County Arts Council,

• $1000 to Kentucky Mountain Mission,

• $450 to Hampton Gardens, Rockcastle County,

• $1000 Lee County Senior Citizens,

• $350 Rockcastle County Public Library,

• $12000 Hospice Care Plus, serving Southeastern Kentucky,

• $1,000 Owsley County Saddle Club,

• $1,000 Owsley County Fiscal Court, skateboard park,

• $2,000 Ashley's House Shelter, Rockcastle County,

• $750 Community Outreach Clinc, Clay County,

• $500 Horse Creek Volunteer Fire Department, Clay County.

Sign Up for Budget Billing

Temperatures aren't the only numbers that fluctuate with the seasons. So can your electric bill.

By signing up for Jackson Energy's budget billing program, you will know in advance how much your bill will be every month. Here's how budget billing works -

A co-op representative will take your billing information for the year, and divide that number by 11. Appropriate taxes are added, and the amount is rounded to an amount that should cover your energy costs for the next year, and the co-op member signs a contract to pay that amount each month.

Each month, your bill will show how much energy you have used and your budget billing payment. June is the reconciliation month each year, and your total usage will be compared to how much you have paid.

You may receive a credit from Jackson Energy if your usage was lower than expected, or you may have to pay slightly more if you used more than the estimate.

Take the highs and lows out of your monthly electric bill and sign up for budget billing by calling 1 800-262-7480.