'Staten Island Hustle' stars want to save you 15% on your electric bills with this 'energy box'
On the latest episode of CNBC's "Staten Island Hustle," you see star Dom Detore call up four of his close friends and ask them to come over to his house in Staten Island, New York. He needs help with a project: turning on every light, every appliance and all seven air-conditioning units in his house. "I want to turn everything on in my house at once, and create a huge electricity spike," Detore says on the episode airing April 18. He and his friends and co-stars — Mike Palmer, Ron Montana, Tony DeCicco and Adolfo LaCola — all businessmen and serial entrepreneurs, are shown running up Detore's electric bill to test a new money-making scheme they'd come up with: the Energy Box, a piece of hardware that aims to lower homeowners' electricity costs.

A prototype of the Energy Box installed in Dom Detore's home. CNBC | Staten Island Hustle

The show follows the guys as they roam the massive house looking for things to turn on. "There's 400 rooms in this house," says Montana. Then you see DeCicco punch the air-conditioning down to 50 degrees and proudly proclaim, "Alright, we can chill beer in here." tweet The plan hilariously misfires: Something shorts, and all the lights go dark. "Listen to me, scumbags, I need the electric fixed," Detore's displeased wife, Janine, says on the show. But Detore asserts that the product itself works. "My bill dropped 14 percent this month," Detore claims, filling in his buddies over a meal at Angelina's Ristorante on "Staten Island Hustle" after getting his electric bill. "A $1,600 bill is now $1,360." Behind the product is Tom Spinelli, the CEO of MHT Lighting in Port Richmond, Staten Island. He's an expert in lighting systems and cost-efficient energy tech. "Tom and I have been working together for years on commercial construction projects," Detore, who is a general contractor, says on the show. "I build them, and he lights 'em up."

Tom Spinelli, Mike Palmer, Dom Detore and Adolfo LaCola install a prototype of the Energy Box. CNBC | Staten Island Hustle