Bartlesville’s Mary Martha Outreach (MMO) will receive a check for $18,818.87 from Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) as an incentive for installing high efficiency lighting at the social service agency’s headquarters at 1845 SW 4^{th Street.}

^{The lighting installation qualified for the incentive under PSO’s Business Solutions program, which helps owners of commercial and industrial facilities reduce operating costs by identifying and implementing energy efficiency improvement projects. Incentives are paid for qualifying projects based on the calculated energy savings resulting from the improvements.}

^{It’s estimated the new energy efficient lighting at MMO will save more than 111,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity per year and lower the agency’s electric bill by approximately $7,800 a year.}

^{"PSO’s Business Solutions program helped us identify ways to conserve energy and save money, and that money can be reinvested directly back into our programs that serve the people in our communities," said Mary Hudson, co-founder of Mary Martha Outreach. "This program reinforces the fact that energy saving measures also reduce costs."}

^{PSO Customer Services Representative Charlotte Stukey said that the Business Solutions program has proven to be a valuable tool in helping PSO-served businesses reduce electrical demand and hold down costs.}

^{"We identified a real need for an energy efficiency program that specifically targets business facilities, especially as budgets are spread thin," said Stukey. "By partnering with Mary Martha Outreach to reduce energy costs, their valuable resources can be used for other needed projects."}

^{PSO, a unit of American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP), is an electric utility company serving more than 530,000 customers in eastern and southwestern Oklahoma. With headquarters in Tulsa, PSO has 4,321 megawatts of generating capacity and provides electricity to 230 cities and towns across a service area encompassing 30,000 square miles. News releases and other information about PSO can be found on the World Wide Web at www.PSOklahoma.com}