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Old 07-18-2012, 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by KEVIN & JOSIE View Post
Nice looking home you have! Your utility bills surely look a lot better than ours up North. It's good to know you are comfortable at 83 degrees, it shows that your home is well insulated. I look forward to being comfortable at 83 degrees with a heavier wallet. Thanks
I see you are from Baltimore, we moved from Abingdon near Festival Shopping Center last July. Since BG&E was deregulated about five years ago our electric bill in Abingdon was about $250 in the summer and about $400 in the winter. It's hard to complain when our bill now goes from $92 to $117. We just had plantation shutters installed yesterday so we might even have a lower bill, our house is very bright inside so we wanted to control the brightness little more.

We also had a screen installed on our garage door opening about a month ago and I now open the attic steps about a foot from the ceiling. I now can feel a nice breeze going up into the attic when I stand near the attic entrance. Since we installed the garage screen we have since set our inside temperature on 84 degrees, it's hard to believe because I'm normally a hot person.