Today I made the call I swear I'm going to do every winter – get in touch with MidAmerican Energy to get set up on monthly budget billing and schedule an energy audit. Since we moved into the money pit in 2005, I've been aghast at the heating and cooling costs of this home (in addition to other nefarious problems that we won't go into).
It has always been great in the spring and fall to open the house and have super-low energy bills, but during the hottest and coldest months, we get blown away by the magnitude of the expense. Budget billing has been way overdue. From the sound of the program, they have 3-6-12 month reviews to even out the expense and the option to pay the amount overdue at the end of the period or have it rolled into the next year.
After completing the billing call, we scheduled an energy audit for the end of July. I'm going to guess that one hour is where I get enough information (and hopefully some free stuff) to make up for today's $0 savings day. (Although, I'm reducing my stress level by setting our budget straight.)
July Savings Total:Monthly Savings: $10*
Annual Savings: $120*
* Results of energy audit may affect this outcome.
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