Lower Your Energy Bill

Top 10 No Cost Steps You Can Do This Winter
1. Turn down your heating system’s thermostat to 68°F. Turn it down even lower if no one is home for several days.
2. Lower your water heater temperature to 120°F and reduce hot water use by taking shorter showers and using cold water for laundry whenever possible.
3. Turn off lights, televisions and computers when not in use.
4. Remove and recycle your second refrigerator.
5. Keep curtains open on the south side of the house and closed on the north side during the day.
6. Clean refrigerator coils and set the temperature to 36° to 39°F and the freezer to 0° to 5°F.
7. Make sure the fireplace damper is closed when not in use. Don’t send warm air up the chimney.
8. Match the size of your pot or pan to the size of stove burner and cover them with lids when cooking.
9. Once a year, drain about one gallon of water from your water heater to remove sediment.
10. Air dry dishes instead of using the dishwasher’s heat drying option.

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Moving Forward On New Morgan County Industrial Park

The first phase of the Morgan County Industrial Park is underway, says Jeremy Nails, President and CEO of the Morgan County Economic Development Association. A $15 million bond has been issued to build the site, and municipalities within the district have agreed to use their in-lieu-of-tax payments from TVA to repay the bond.

Nails says the site near the Thompson Road/I-65 interchange will be developed in four phases; the northwest quadrant is phase one. The Morgan County Cooperative District, the authority formed to oversee the industrial park, has already acquired the majority of the land for the first phase, he reports.

Phase one will include eight to ten various size lots, and Nails says they purposefully are not predetermining lot sizes. “We didn’t limit ourselves or potential industries by dictating lot sizes,” he explains. “We gave flexibility for planning in all directions.”

What’s next? “We are finalizing engineering drawings for the roads, and working with Joe Wheeler EMC to move the electric lines,” says Nails. Hartselle Utilities is overseeing the project to extend sewers to the site. The infrastructure should be complete within six to nine months, provided the weather is good, Nails says.

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