A sizable remodeling task that included a family room addition meant installing a new heating proposal capable of serving the bigger space. The timing was perfect since our electric provider was actively promoting an off-peak heating program that looked appreciate it would offer us some real savings on our heating bill. We had been anticipating just the opposite with more square feet to heat. The new idea offered us with comfortable, efficient plus economically friendly electric heat for most of the furnace. When hot plus cold temperatures drop to extremes plus power demand increases accordingly, the off-peak idea converts the power source from electricity to the natural gas backup component in our basement. By signing up for this program every one of us get a good contract rate on our electricity consumption. In years with relatively mild winters, there are easily few times when the conversion is even necessary. In rougher winters, the savings are still sizable. Because every one of us have natural gas, the transition is seamless. We never have to worry about running out of fuel for the back-up system. We have relatives in a nearby town that hasn’t installed natural gas yet. Their proposal operates easily much appreciate ours except their back-up source is a propane system. They appreciate the efficiency plus economy of the off-peak plan. They just need to be sure that they have enough propane in their tank. Our remodeling project had a few budget surprises along the way, however the new heating proposal every one of us installed is so much more efficient than the proposal it substituted. And our rate is so attractive because of the off-peak idea that this surprise was a easily glad 1!