Source: John Murawski, CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 1/9/18


If last week’s arctic freeze took your breath away, wait until you see your utility bills. Duke Energy expects overall electricity usage for the first week of 2018 – when temperatures in Charlotte were well below normal for eight days – to come in between 20 and 25 percent higher than normal. The cost of that surge in demand will be felt most by people who live in older homes with drafty crawl spaces, although newer energy-efficient homes will not go unpunished.

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