12 Ways To Save On Utilities

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Five Cent Nickle has 12 Ways to Save On Utilities, some of them we’ve mentioned before but it’s a nice round up. Why should you care?

“One thing (of many) that stood out to me is that we’ve spent an average of $141/month on utilities (gas, water, electric) during that period (it was much lower early on, and considerably higher more recently). That doesn’t sound like a huge amount, but consider this… Over a ten year period that works out to roughly $17k — that’s a pretty nice chunk of change.”

Yikes!—MEGHANN MARCO

12 Simple Ways to Save Money on Utilities (and the Planet) [Five Cent Nickle]

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