A U.S. expat living in Portugal has shared how she was left reeling after receiving an electricity bill totaling €8,000 ($8,600). Katie Mateus, 40, who lived in Cascais when the incident occurred, ...

T here is help available - with funds to make their homes more energy efficient as well as grants and schemes to cut costs.

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The East LA Community Corp. is transitioning its housing portfolio to all-electric energy systems. COO Adalia Rodriguez ...

In fact - energy companies pay Phil and Jackie Coates as their home generates more electricity than it uses and they even charge their electric vehicle for free ...

The site would also have electric charging points, provision of all electric heating systems, hot water cylinders and electric combination boilers, which are a condition of planning permission.

Electric heaters are best used sparingly ... If you have a hot water tank (rather than a combi boiler), use your heating controls to turn your water heating on and off, so you only heat as much water ...

Most condensing oil-fired boilers are floor-standing, and you can get heat-only and combi condensing oil-fired boilers. Most oil combi boilers have an internal hot water store to supply your hot water ...