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Concord Light September/October 2013 A newsletter for Concord residents, from your community-owned utility Internet update Local home is more comfortable and efficient Concord Light Broadband is When Luke and Nancy Burnham wanted to improve coming this fall the energy efficiency of their Bristers Hill Road home, Concord Light Broadband will soon provide they started with a no-cost energy audit from Concord Light. a 100% fiber optic solution for Internet access that is faster and more reliable “We wanted to improve the energy efficiency of our home in order to save on oil heating costs, and reduce pollution and our than other local options. Even better, our contribution to global warming,” said Luke. “We also wanted to make our newest service comes with the same home more comfortable.” hometown benefits that Concord’s electric With the help of the audit’s findings, the Burnhams completed a number of measures customers have enjoyed since 1898 – this year that have already made their home more comfortable. They’re looking forward high quality, reliable service that is both to lower energy bills all year round, too. affordable and personal. Specifically, they made attic improvements that included sealing leaks and cracks, We have a variety of speed and price replacing old fiberglass batting with blown-in cellulose insulation, building a sealed options, and service is expected to box around a whole-house fan, and sealing and insulating around knee walls. They also sealed and insulated basement rim joists. begin in October. For details visit concordma.gov/cmlp and click The weatherization work was completed in 1.5 days at a cost of $4,000. “Concord Light Broadband.” “The master bedroom floor was always very cold. Now, it’s not,” Luke said about the improvements. “And I used to be able to see the cobwebs swaying as the cold air streamed in through leaks and cracks around the basement rim joists. Not anymore.” If you’d like to find out more about Concord Light’s free home energy audits or the Burnhams’ project, visit concordma.gov/cmlp or contact Jan Aceti at 978-318-3151 or tip [email protected]. Quick Rate Stabilization Fund reminder Wondering where your home is losing All residential customers were subject to an increase of about 2.5% for electric usage heat? Borrow a thermal leak detector from beginning July 1. The increase appears on electric bills as the Rate Stabilization Fund. Concord Light and find out. The hand-held device can sense hidden energy leaks so you The change amounts to $3 per month for the median residential customer, and is can focus on fixing them. You can also get a needed to meet significantly higher wholesale capacity charges anticipated from June total home energy audit from Concord Light 1, 2016 to May 31, 2017. We are putting funds aside now to offset these costs in order to at no cost. For details contact Jan Aceti at avoid a steeper increase in 2016. 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