HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1995-09-27, Page 15ONLY s 82/MONTH
FOR HEATING &. HOT WATER
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Remember just awhile back
Ontario Hydro pushed to
live "better electrically" and
said that rates would
never exceed
K per kilowatt.
Where are they now!?
Approx. 11 per kilowatt*
• Based on May/1995 farm rates
Can you imagine the other
huge utility, Union Gas,
actually asking consumers
to pay $1350 per
household over 5 years to
pay for deadly methane gas*
to your neighbourhood?
($7.50 billing $15.00 monthly)
• (See Toronto Star May 7/95 & Sept. 12/95)
While natural gas prices rise, oil prices
are projected to stay stable for another 15 years!
OIL-FIRED WATER HEATERS SAFEST,
STATISTICS SHOW
ONLY 55/MONTH
FOR HEATING & HOT WATER
$90
Includes October Gas Company Increase
if80-1 New Pipeline Installation Fee'
Gas Company Fixed Monthly Fee
Electric
Heat
Pump
Electric
Forced Air or
Baseboard
Electric
TYPE OF
FURNACE
USED
Natural Gas Natural Gas Natural Gas Oil Conventional
High Mid-Efficiency Conventional Hi-Efficiency Oil
Efficiency Furnace Furnace Furnace Furnace
(93%) (80%) (63%) (85%) (63%)
N/A $4000 $3000 $2000 $2000
EARLIER
TECHNOLOGY
EARLIER
TECHNOLOGY FURNACE COST
Annual Heating Cost For An Average Home
HERE IT IS IN BLACK & WHITE!
5 1,600
5 1,400
'1,200
$1,000
5800
'600
'400
'200
4
$805
$805
NO
SURPRISES
TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL $812 $933 $848
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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1995. PAGE 15
"I was so glad gas was
postponed or I'd have fallen for
their line and not realized how
much I like this oilfired
combination water heater furnace."
Rich Swanson
175 St. Patrick St.
Wingham
Hot water-heating cost - 982 / month
for 12 months
YOUR BEST HEATING
DEAL IS OIL!
Dare to compare with gas or electricity
Bob Struthers - Lucknow
replaced electric baseboards
with combination
oil furnace-hot water heater.
Budget now is '55 / month.
Recent statistics from the Ontario Office of the Fire
Marshall reveal that household water heaters fired with
oil are the safest of all popular heating fuels, while gas-
fired water heaters are responsible for most home fires in
that category.
Of 59 home fires caused by water heaters in 1994 - just
five - or 7% - were caused by fuel oil. Natural gas
accounted for the largest number of fires, with 81% or 48
fires, and electric water heaters were responsible for six
fires, or 10%. One home fire was caused by a wood-fired
water heater.
Overall, wood-heated homes, wood fireplaces and electric
space heaters account for most of the 1,273 home fires
caused by heating equipment last year, representing 75
percent.
Electricity
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