Pligefield, Ind.-Duke Energy offers information about how customers can save energy and money through financial support, energy-saving programs and nature conservation tips.
Opportunities to manage winter heating calculations
Duke Energy offers free programs and tools with which customers can better manage and understand their monthly energy costs:
If you choose your due date, customers can adjust the date that your bill is due.
Interest payment plans are available for customers who need flexibly when paying an invoice.
Usage warnings notify customers of how much energy they use and how much it costs in time to adapt their energy consumption before the end of a billing cycle.
The weather program helps to save energy to save energy and to lower expenditure through conservation measures such as Weather-Streping and HLK repairs or activities.
For customers who qualify, Duke Energy's partnerships can help you to receive access to financial support with community and state agencies, including:
Duke Energy Share The Light Fund®: Helps qualifying customers who need help to pay for their energy bill. The program is financed by voluntary contributions by Duke Energy shareholders, customers and employees.
LOW-INCOME Energy Assistance Programs (LIHEAP): offers a one-off payment to help legitimate households in Indiana to pay their energy bills in the winter months.
Energy -saving tips for combating the cold
The following low to no-cost peaks can also help reduce energy consumption:
Reduce your thermostat to the lowest, comfortable setting. The smaller the difference between the temperature within your house and outwards, the lower your energy consumption and the greater the savings.
Change your air filter and plan regular maintenance for your heating systems. Maintaining your heating systems can help increase efficiency.
Set your hot water from 120 degrees to cope with the water heating, which is usually the second largest energy consumer in your home.
Luminaires, sealing and weathersstrip air leaks in windows, doors and ventilation slots, to save 10% to 20% in heating and cooling costs.
Replace standard lamps with LEDs that are more efficient than normal light bulbs and at the same time emit the same amount of light.
The replacement of only six of their most frequently used onions by LEDs can save up to 480 US dollars during the service life of the lamps.
With the colder as normal temperatures, it is also a good time to look for friends, neighbors and family members who are older to ensure that they have what they need to stay warm.
For the context of the cool temperatures of this winter, you will find location -specific statistics from the national weather service in January:
In the Lafayette region:
The average temperature in January was 11.6 degrees colder than December, 5.1 degrees colder than a year ago and 5 degrees colder than a typical January.
In the Indianapolis area:
The average temperature in January was 12.4 degrees colder than December, 5.3 degrees colder than a year ago and 5 degrees colder than a typical January.
In the Bloomington area:
The average temperature in January was 12.6 degrees colder than December, 4.5 degrees colder than a year ago and 5.7 degrees colder than a typical January.
If customers need help to read their electricity invoices, Duke Energy offers an interactive tool to explain every component, e.g. B. a diagram and a comparison tables that offer a clear, clear snapshot of your energy consumption.
You can find more information at Duke-energy.com/heretohelp and Duke-energy.com/winterenergysavings.
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