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Spring-like weather offers relief to heating oil users
Published: January 8, 2007
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - That sound New Englanders are hearing in their basements - the sound of silence as their oil-burning furnaces sit idle - is saving them money as heating oil consumption drops with this season's warm temperatures.
Phyllis Bowie's furnace at her Buxton home has been kicking on just a fraction of what it would in a normal winter. She estimates that her oil consumption is down by more than 100 gallons so far because of the mild weather.
Phyllis Bowie's furnace at her Buxton home has been kicking on just a fraction of what it would in a normal winter. She estimates that her oil consumption is down by more than 100 gallons so far because of the mild weather.
