<<First Name>>, welcome to our first newsletter!
Each month we'll bring you a jam-packed email full of energy saving news, tips and advice, including pratical (and free!) ways to reduce your energy bills.
In this August edition:
I hope you enjoy this month's edition.
Best regards,
Justin Elliott
justin@insulationgrants.info
Something we’re ALL suffering from: Rising energy bills. Why?
In this era of purse tightening, the last thing you want to land on your lap is more costly energy bills. You, like many others in this country, can probably cast your mind back to a time when gas and electric bills were FAR lower than they are today. So why have they become such a financial burden?
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Greed. Energy supplier profits are UP, and believe it or not, wholesale energy costs are DOWN. Instead of passing the savings onto you, the big gas and electricity giants are pocketing the difference.
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Saving the environment. It sure is great to do our bit for the green cause, but very strict restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions is likely to force up the cost of wholesale prices. As you can expect, we’ll take the brunt of the cost!
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Future uncertainty. Whilst wholesale prices are declining from highest ever levels just a few years ago, there’s no certainly over whether the decline will continue. The state of the economy is still fragile, with many claiming that the worst is not over yet. The future could bring further rises and further costs for the consumer.
So, in summary, you could be looking at even HIGHER energy prices, with increases on top of the massive bills pushed through over the course of the last few years. Why should you be paying that much when you really don’t have to?
Want to reduce your energy bills? Here are two main ways:
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Reduce what you’re paying. Use energy comparison sites to find better deals. It’s really worth doing, even if you’ve never considered it before, as you could save HUNDREDS of pounds every year. Not bad for an hour’s worth of searching around. Here's a good site for comparing energy prices...
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Improve your home. You’re spending your hard earned cash on gas, so make sure you get every pennies worth. Improved insulation can save up to 40% on your energy bills, just by vastly improving your homes ability to contain heat. Best of all, you can get insulation grants towards improved insulation, so you don’t need to fork out on anything, and you could start immediately saving money with much lower heating bills. It’s as simple as that! Click here to learn more.
What do you think about rising energy bills? Join the debate...
REDUCE YOUR ENERGY BILLS QUICKLY, EASILY AND FREE with these simple tips of the month
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Unplug phone chargers, even when not in use. You might not be actually charging anything, but if the charger still feels warm, then it’s still using energy!
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Turn electrical items off standby. This can account for a huge 6% of all electricity usage in the home. Is 6% really worth it to make electrical appliances just that little bit easier to turn on? In fact, if all appliances are connected with one socket extension device, then turning them off by the wall could be EASIER than leaving them in standby! It might reduce some of that annoying electrical background humming noise, too.
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Avoid covering your radiators with furniture or curtains. Your radiators need to be on for as long as they are required to heat up your home to the desired temperature, so if anything insulates the radiators, then the temperature will rise more slowly and the radiators will have to be on for longer – there using more gas. Allow the radiators to heat the air in your room instead of the heat being insulated and ‘kept in’ by curtains, sofas, shelves, tables or other thick furniture.
Share your energy savings tips and WIN an Owl Wireless Energy Monitor !
Email your energy saving tips to energytips@insulationgrants.info and one lucky contributor will win a FREE Owl Wireless Energy Monitor. The winner, along with the tips sent in, will be published in next months newsletter. Good luck!
Install solar panels on your home and EARN MONEY for every k/wh of electricity you create!
Government feed-in tarrifs are here to reward those who generate their own electricity, so you could get paid by the energy companies for all of the electricity you put back into the grid AND use in your own home! You could earn up to 41.3p for every kw/h, or £950 per year tax-free. So why are we mentioning this? At Solar-Feed-In-Tariffs.co.uk we’re now offering completely FREE no-obligation quotes for solar panel installations from local professionals.
We only compare accredited solar installers, and you could save up to 75% by comparing the competitive fees. Learn more...
Important information if you want grant-assisted insulation installations
We’re happy to announce that government insulation grants have been extended to 2012, so if you have yet to insulate your home and save money on those gas bills, now is the time to get it sorted before the frosty winter approaches! If you haven't applied for a grant, apply here...
Tell friends and family about free insulation grants
We can all benefit from free or discounted home insulation, but many are still unaware that grants are available.
Here are some easy ways to help spread the word:
Coming up next month:
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Another great energy article
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More tips to quickly and easily save money on your gas and electricity bills
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More energy industry news
We'd love to hear your feedback on this first edition of our newsletter.
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