Welcome Residents!

Setup the 3 utilities in your name!

…and make sure to disconnect your utilities at your former/old address!

• Tucson Electric Power Company (website)
  

Phone: (520)623-7711 or 1(800)328-8853
Hours: M-F, 7:00AM-9:00PM

Information required:

– Full names of all who occupy apartment
– Employer/Length of employment/Position
– Employer’s address/Employer’s telephone number
– Military Personnel/Battalion Number/Duty telephone #
– Address you are moving from
– Permanent home address of relative or friend/emergency contact
– Home telephone number at present time
– Address you are requesting service at

NOTE: A service establishment charge will be on your first month’s billing at the new address.

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• City of Tucson Water (website)
  

Phone: (520)791-3242 or 1(800)-598-9449
Hours: M-F, 8:00AM-5:00PM

Information required:

– Names of all adults
– Social Security number(s)
– Home phone #
– Employer, Employer’s phone #, Employer’s address

NOTE: A deposit may be required for service.

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• SouthWest Gas (website)

Phone: (520)889-1888 or 1(800)428-7324
Hours: M-F, 8:00AM-5:00PM

Information required:

– Social Security Number
– Occupation
– Employer, Employer’s address, Employer’s phone number
– Either own or rent
– Previous address
– Name of friend or relative not living with you

NOTE: A deposit may be required for first time service.

How do I file a Change of Address?

Put a change of address in at the local post office or do it online. You do not want to receive someone else’s mail – or someone else getting your bank statements!

USING EVAP COOLING

Evaporative cooling is one of the best possible ways to save electricity in the summer when temperatures rise to their peaks. Swamp Cooler is the popular name for an evaporative style cooling system. There are swamp coolers big enough to cool an entire home and portable swamp coolers that are perfect for cooling one room at a time. There are even entirely non-powered swamp coolers that you can take with you on summer camping trips to beat the heat inside your tent.

Evaporative Cooler Operation:

A fan inside the evaporative cooler pulls outside air through the sides and into the house. To produce cool air, each louvered side is fitted with a pad of water-absorbing material. Water is stored in a pan at the bottom of the cooler and a small pump lifts the water to the top of each side. Climate control inside a home with an evaporative cooler depends on proper air balance. To limit humidity, you need to make sure that the same volume of air flows out of your home as is pumped in.

You can attain balanced air flow by opening windows when the cooler is in use. A window should be open just enough to allow air pressure inside a room to slowly and quietly close the door to that room. If the door closes forcefully, there is too little exhaust and the window should be opened wider. However, the window is open too far if the door doesn’t move at all.

SWAMP COOLER VS TRADITIONAL AC

The first thing to understand is that swamp coolers are nothing like a traditional AC. Normal ACs use a ton of electricity to keep refrigerant running through condenser coils which together create the cold that cools your air. Swamp coolers, on the other hand, work through the pure cooling power of evaporation. In fact, swamp coolers don’t even have to run the fan, but the fan helps to circulate the now-cooled air.

The way a swamp cooler works is the same way sweat works to cool down your skin. When water is evaporated into the air, it takes a certain amount of heat out of the air at the same time and replaces it with an aerated water droplet. It does this by soaking cooling pads in water and waiting for the pads to begin to dry via evaporation. The drying process really does cool down the air around the swamp cooler and a small fan can spread that cool air around.

However, because swamp coolers work by adding water molecules to the air, they are also most effective in lower humidity environments. The drier your hot summer air is, the more powerful a swamp cooler can become. The reason for this is because dry air absorbs moisture through evaporation easier, causing the air to give up heat in return for moisture. The moist air not only cools the ambient temperature of the room, it can also act as a humidifier making dry summers more bearable and less damaging to the skin.

However, you can still use your swamp cooler in regions that tend toward humidity and on days with higher humidity than usual. Swamp coolers work in humidity up to about 70 percent. However, you may begin to feel muggy before the air reaches this saturation with or without a swamp cooler.

POINT THE FAN FOR GREATER EFFECT

Evaporative coolers are not as powerful as their electricity-hungry counterparts, but they can make you feel a lot cooler when used correctly. One of the best ways to optimize your swamp cooler is to point it at exactly where you want the cooling to happen. Swamp coolers are often pointed at the couch or seating area to keep you and your guests cool or at the dining room table for a cool summer dinnertime.

PAIR WITH A DEHUMIDIFIER ON HUMID DAYS

When you’re experiencing a hot muggy summer, a dehumidifier can do the trick. Dehumidifiers work in the opposite way that swamp coolers do. They pull water moisture out of the air and slowly fill a tank reservoir that will need to be emptied. The dehumidifier will then blow out a steady stream of drier air and lower the humidity in the surrounding room.

Paired up, a dehumidifier can significantly improve the cooling efficiency of a swamp cooler on a humid day. For best results, point the dehumidifier vent at the swamp cooler intakes so that the driest air is being used to create more lovely coolness. All told, a swamp cooler next to a dehumidifier still use less electricity than a hard-working AC trying to fight off the summer heat.