Using Electric Cove & Baseboard heaters for discounted electric utility rates

We get the following question frequently:"My local electric company told me to look into Baseboard or Cove heaters for additional off-peak electrical usage"Some Electric Utilities and Co-ops have programs such as off-peak…

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A scare for heating oil and propane furnace users. Peak oil has been reached.

The second electric heating boom has started.  One factor (argued since 2005) is that peak oil is probably past us.  Both Goldman Sacks and the International Energy Agency are now saying this.  If supply…

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Breaking News: Goldman Sachs High Oil Price Forecast and a coming boom in Electric Comfort Heating due to high Heating Oil/Propane prices

Goldman Sachs just set the ball rolling on what has been predicted to happen. They are calling for oil prices to be much higher ($120 per barrel) by 2012 and substantially higher…

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Heating Oil and Propane Historical Price Charts. Now at record levels of both prices.

We are bracing for a surge in demand again as people switch to electric comfort heating in response to this damaging and amazing rise in the cost of heating.  It…

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Heating Oil & Propane prices surge more and round 2 of people converting to electric heat begins

The DOE releases their update on prices at 1 pm on Wednesdays.  Heating oil SURGED up by 12 cents to $3.87 per gallon after a similar surge last week. Still…

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