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The cost to heat your home

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is expected to go up

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by an average of about 8.7%

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for the season

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according to national forecasts.

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So you also say that

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there are other ways that

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people can potentially save

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including through the program

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Focus on Energy

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and that is, like, legitimate.

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Yeah, that's a statewide program

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that everybody pays into

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who is a utility customer.

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Wisconsin pays into Focus

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every year.

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So what we want to see

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is more people take advantage

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of Focus and get the benefits.

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So this is the program that

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used to provide LED light bulbs

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to everybody and now

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LED prices have come down

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so much that Focus is

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Focus provides incentives

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in other ways.

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They actually have incentives

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if you want to add solar

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to your house.

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They have incentives on

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a highly efficient furnace.

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They have incentives on

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insulation and air sealing

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and the biggest thing

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and newest thing that they have

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is they have funding through

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the inflation Reduction Act

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that Congress passed

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a few years ago

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for a whole variety of programs

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that help all customers.

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But, actually

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there's extra incentives for

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low-income customers

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that are built into that.

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So people should really

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take a look at the

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Focus on Energy website.

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It's focusonenergy.com

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and there's a really handy

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get started button on there

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that you can then

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enter in your information

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and even your income

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and it'll let you know

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the kinds of things that

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you're eligible for.

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So that's a

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really important thing to know.