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L live in New England and have had to run air conditioning most of the summer and before and my electric bills show it. National Grid, with it record high profits, just got permission to raise it's rates, so if the winter is cold gas bills will be much higher than last year when many people had trouble paying them. I am a 100% service connected disabled veteran and can tell you by looking at my heating bills from one year to the next they just get higher for the same house so it must be getting colder since I do nothing different. I know a large part of the problem is the greed of the utility companies who are always looking for increases but usage also seems to be going up if you compare that portion of your bill. I think the government has to step in and provide help with making homes energy efficient for the middle class--ie grants for insulatuion etc., and heating grants. It is a shame for Obama to pride himself on a Global Poverty Bill while ignoreing the problems at home--the poor and homeless, and the middle class struggleing to stay above water in this country should come before sending billions every year over seas.

Brenda Brenda August 23, 2008 17:11:51
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