Syracuse Poll Asks How Residents Cut Summer Bills as AC Drives 12% of Power Use
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Updated · CNYcentral.com · Jun 30
Syracuse Poll Asks How Residents Cut Summer Bills as AC Drives 12% of Power Use
2 articles · Updated · CNYcentral.com · Jun 30
Summary
Syracuse readers are being asked whether they are taking steps to lower summer energy bills as higher temperatures and recent National Grid rate increases pressure household budgets.
National Grid says air conditioning alone accounts for about 12% of a home's summer electricity use and is promoting no-cost and low-cost ways to limit heat-driven bill increases.
Those conservation tips come after a series of rate hikes that the utility has tied partly to infrastructure work it says will help prevent blackouts during heat waves.
National Grid's filings, however, do not break out spending by specific risk, leaving no dollar figure showing how much is actually going to heat preparedness.