Ontariowe: Province Of Anorexia Envirosa
Going green, turning blue;
"One thousand bucks is just insane, it's more than my paycheque in a week by a few hundred bucks," Joe Hebert said Tuesday of the sky-high electric bills that are arriving in this neighbourhood formerly known as The Villages, where 900 families have no choice but to heat their homes electrically.h/t kcdist
"We just don't know what to do," Hebert said of the monthly bills that are hundreds of dollars higher than in previous winters due to rising electric rates and the coldest temperatures in 36 years.
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They've already put extra insulation in the attic of their two-storey home that totals about 1,000 square feet. They don't heat their basement and turn off the heat entirely overnight, meaning the wakeup temperature is around 12C. Hebert and his neighbours say the conservation measures suggested, such as putting in new windows and doors, don't seem to help much.
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