How to save on hot water costs
Hot water, like heat, is a necessity. Over the course of one year, the average household — a home with two adults and two children — uses about 230 therms of natural gas or 3,500 kilowatt-hours of electricity to heat water. At current rates of $1.80 per therm and $.018 per kilowatt hour, this energy use converts to $414 and $630 per year, respectively. And there are other fuels available, such as propane and oil....continued
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