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| Turn down your thermostat. For every degree you lower your heat in the 60-degree to 70-degree range, you'll save up to 5% on heating costs with the Northeast Area utility company. Wear warm clothing and set your thermostat to 68 degrees or lower during the day and evening, health permitting. Set the thermostat back to 55 degrees or off at night or when leaving home for an extended time saving 5-20 percent of your heating costs (heat pumps should only be set back five degrees to prevent unneeded use of backup strip heating). When you move, it is easy to connect Northeast Area utilities online. |
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| Ask questions to your Northeast Area utility company if you don’t understand the words used or choices you must make. Even if you buy electricity from a new supplier, you will still pay the public utility company to deliver – or provide--your electricity. You may get separate bills from both the supplier and the provider. Connect Northeast Area utilities online. |
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| Northeast Area utility company now convienently offer the ability for you to transfer your services online. When you transfer Northeast Area utilities online, you can transfer your electric, water, gas, newspapers, phone, and cable utility companies |
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| Is the way the electricity is made a concern for you? A Northeast Area utility company may generate electricity from water, coal, wind, or nuclear fuel. How the electricity is made may affect the environment. If you feel strongly about the environment, you may want to take this into consideration when you make your choice. Connect Northeast Area utilities online. |
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| Using a programmable thermostat, you can adjust the times you turn on the heating or air-conditioning according to a pre-set schedule and recommendation from the Northeast Area utility company. As a result, you don't operate the equipment as much when you are asleep or when the house or part of the house is not occupied. You can connect Northeast Area utilities online from your home. |
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| Eliminate wasted energy. Turn off lights in unoccupied rooms. Unplug that spare refrigerator in the garage if you don't truly need it - this seemingly convenient way to keep extra drinks cold adds 10-25% to your electric bill from the Northeast Area utility company. Turn off kitchen and bath-ventilating fans after they've done their job - these fans can blow out a house-full of heated air if inadvertently left on. Keep your fireplace damper closed unless a fire is burning to prevent up to 8% of your furnace-heated air from going up the chimney. To prevent wasting alot of time, connect Northeast Area utilities online. |
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| To understand the price charged annually you’ll need to know how much electricity you use throughout the year. Connect Northeast Area utilities online. Your “usage profile” shows how much electricity you use. Ask your Northeast Area utility company for a copy of your “usage profile.” Studying it will give you an idea of how much energy you use and when |
