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| To understand the price charged annually you’ll need to know how much electricity you use throughout the year. Connect Five Points South utilities online. Your “usage profile” shows how much electricity you use. Ask your Five Points South utility company for a copy of your “usage profile.” Studying it will give you an idea of how much energy you use and when |
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| Plug your home's leaks to save money with your Five Points South utility company. Install weather-stripping or caulk leaky doors and windows and install gaskets behind outlet covers. Savings up to 10% on energy costs. Connect Five Points South utilities online. |
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| To save money with your Five Points South utility company, check your bill to see if you have optional services that you don't really need or use. Each option you drop could save you $40 or more each year. |
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| With deregulation on the Five Points South utility company it is now possible to switch the service providers at your current property or the one you are buying. Connect Five Points South utilities online. |
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| Be sure that dishwashers, washing machines and clothes dryers are fully loaded before running to save money with your Five Points South utility company. |
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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 Five Points South 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 Five Points South utilities online. |
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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 Five Points South 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 Five Points South utilities online. |
