Source:  John Murawski, NEWS & OBSERVER, 4/27/11

Progress Energy is going to apply old-fashioned peer pressure to encourage customers to conserve electricity as part of a new energy efficiency program approved today by the N.C. Utilities Commission.
According to Raleigh-based power company, the novel program "is designed to reduce residential electrical consumption by applying behavioral science principles."

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