Your Daily Install takes something happening now, looks at what happened before, and gives you one thing to do at home.
Print the worksheet and add it to your Household Resilience Network binder.
What’s happening now?
This winter’s federal fuel outlook points to a different bill depending on how you heat. It expects average spending to rise for homes that heat with oil or electricity and fall for homes that heat with gas or propane. What you pay still depends on your own rate, weather, and use.
You may have used more fuel, paid more for each unit, or had a longer bill period. Each points to a different next step. You can find the first clue in the bill you already have.
Has this happened before?
During the 1973 oil embargo, Americans saw what fuel supply could do to prices. In 1976, Congress made the Weatherization Assistance Program official. It helped eligible homes use less energy through changes such as insulation and air sealing.
What happened next?
A household can work on the energy it uses even when it can’t set the price. Start by separating those two things on the page, so you can choose which one to look into.
You knew the name a moment ago.
The face is familiar. The name will not come. Why does this memory-support video point to a mistake in the kitchen?
What can I do?
Lay two bills for the same service side by side. Write down the number of days, units used, and price per unit where shown. Note whether the reading says actual or estimated. If the rate or fees changed and you can’t tell why, save one question for the utility.
Check What Changed on the Heat Bill
Date: __________________
Bill dates and days
____________________________
Units used and price per unit
____________________________
Actual or estimated reading
____________________________
One question for the utility
____________________________
Take one grocery item into your own hands
You can’t set every rate on a bill. You can choose one fresh food you’d like to grow. See the small-space plan that helps you get the first one going.
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Stay steady,
Sam McCoy
Self Reliance Report
P.S. Which part of your heating bill is hardest to make sense of? Hit reply and tell me.
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