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Article: Slash your winter bills. (Savvy Solutions).(heating costs reduction ideas)(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Good Housekeeping
- Article date:
- January 1, 2002
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Small investments in new appliances can add up to big bill reductions. The GH Institute experts figured out the cost to operate several cold-weather products and discovered that you can save hundreds of dollars on your fuel bills (calculated from November through March) and on food bills year-round. To arrive at the first year's savings, we subtracted the cost of each appliance plus its operating costs from the annual savings. In future years, you'll come out even further ahead.
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