electricity

Save Money, Pick Your Electric Provider

December 24, 2009

Save Money, Pick Your Electric Provider Back in November we wrote a post about having a Home Energy Audit done on our home. It was free, fairly fast…and eye-opening. It revealed several “illegal points of entry” for cold air to come rampaging into our otherwise snug little abode, and once we got those little buggers [...]

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Does Your Uncle Understand The Subtleties of Home Inspection?

April 9, 2009

This is the first in what will be a series of posts by experts in various fields related to real estate, such as home inspection, mortgages, and home improvement. This inaugural post is by Jim Quarello, founder of JRV Home Inspection Services in Wallingford, CT. Find out more about Jim and what he can offer [...]

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Wallingford Electric Roller Coaster Ride Continues

March 12, 2009

Back in December we reported about the price hike that Wallingford Electric was implementing to correct an “error in calculation”by CMEEC (Connecticut Municipal Electrical Energy Cooperative), the company they purchase their energy from. We were hoping that was the last increase we’d see for a while. It seems we were mistaken. The New Increase Faced [...]

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Wallingford Electric Rates To Change…Again

December 30, 2008

Well, in a report from the “What comes down, must go up” file, the Wallingford Electric Division will be raising their rates, just 60 days after giving their winter rate decrease. The Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously to approve a clause that would allow it to adjust electric rates beyond its normal twice yearly recalculation [...]

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Is Your Home Energy Efficient?

December 13, 2008

We were getting our annual furnace check-up from Yankee Gas a couple of days ago and after telling us our furnace was good to go, the service tech said something in passing about getting a home energy audit. I had heard that these audits could be done, but I was under the impression that they [...]

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Wallingford Electric Gives Winter Rate Decrease

October 23, 2008

Back in May, we reported here about the increase in electric rates that Wallingford Electric put in place to offset the higher cost of power during the heavy usage months of summer. But, as the old saying goes, “what goes up, must come down”, and Wallingford Electric is proving that the maxim holds true, even [...]

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Wallingford Electric Customers Get Double Jolt

May 26, 2008

Wallingford residents are about to get a double jolt when two increases to their electric rates go into effect. The summer rate increase, made during May to October, will add $7.46 to your monthly bill. But, because of the rising costs of wholesale energy, the Public Utilities Commission has also approved an additional $11.41 increase [...]

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