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FEATURE Shorepower Technologies Extends Free Power Offer through End of March Truckers Can Plug in to Stay Warm as Second Cold Front Hits U.S. S horepower Technologies has extended its free power incentive available for truckers. Truckers can now use Shorepower Technologies��� power pedestals for free through March 31, 2013. ���Truckers can fully utilize and see for themselves how nice it is to ���plug in,��� run all their devices that can use AC-power,��� said Alan Bates, Shorepower���s vice president of marketing. ���Truckstop electri���cation can also work in concert with onboard battery-powered and diesel-powered auxiliary power units, which saves truck and APU batteries. It can help APUs run longer between scheduled maintenances and extend their service life. ���But, most importantly, we want truckers to stay warm with either a space heater or onboard AC-compatible APU, particularly as winter storms hit the Northeast and the West regions this week,��� Bates added. Since the beginning of the fourth quarter, Shorepower Technologies has seen a 72 percent increase in the number of truckstops adding electric plug-in power pedestals to their locations and a 140 percent increase in the number of electri���ed spaces since the beginning of 2012. ���We���ve seen more and more interest from truckstop operators who want to offer their Truckers running trucks through Beaver, Utah, and past more than 50 truckstop locations across the country, can plug in to stay warm. It���s even more cost-effective between now and the end of March since Shorepower Technologies has extended its free power incentive available for truckers. Truckers can now use Shorepower Technologies���power pedestals for free through March 31, 2013. customers options for avoiding truck engine idling,��� he said. ���Truckstop operators recognize that by responding to, and in some cases anticipating truck ���eet and truck operator / OWNER OPERATOR/ MARCH 2013 / / 30 OO 0313_text.indd 30 2/6/13 10:31 AM