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Electric Utilities - Helpful?

Guest post by: The Osborne Group

Article Overview: In interesting look inside the cost of utilities.

Electric Utilities - Helpful?

If you built a rural home in the 70’sthe way to heat was electricity with inexpensive baseboard heaters - the electric utility may have even helped with the cost. If you are paying the electric heat bills in 2011 it’s now a huge OUCH. The electric utility will give trinkets for new Christmas tree lights or take your old beer fridgeaway; but they run away from being helpful with new ways to heat your home. Home heating is 50% of a typical family’s energy bills. Proven heat pump technology can cut the cost of electric heat bytwo thirdsbut electric utilities are not signing you up to save money - that is real energy conservation. Better to give pennies than dollars.

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