{"id":312,"date":"2026-10-04T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ericbergersrealestate.com\/blog\/?p=312"},"modified":"2026-10-04T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T09:00:00","slug":"winter-heating-bills-near-1030-fyp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ericbergersrealestate.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/04\/winter-heating-bills-near-1030-fyp\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Heating Bills Near $1,030 | fyp"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/eric-bergers\/heating-bill-help-remotion-videos-6501\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>US households are forecast to spend ~$1K on heating this winter, about $82 more, with oil facing the steepest jump and natural gas the smallest.<br \/>\nA federal energy-aid program can cover heating bills, shutoff emergencies, and weatherization, but fewer than 20% of eligible families received help, so applying early mattered.<br \/>\nMany states offered cold-weather shutoff protections, serious-illness safeguards, budget billing, and utility hardship funds, but households had to ask and sometimes file medical forms.<br \/>\nFree weatherization audits through a federal program could fix leaks, add insulation, and sometimes improve furnaces, with avg. yearly savings of ~$372.<br \/>\nSimple steps still mattered: lowering the thermostat, sealing air leaks, setting water heaters to 120 degrees, changing filters monthly, and reversing ceiling fans.<br \/>\nWith funding uncertain and some aid distributed first come, first served, the clearest takeaway was to contact state programs before heating season ramps up.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US households are forecast to spend ~$1K on heating this winter, about $82 more, with oil facing the steepest jump and natural gas the smallest. A federal energy-aid program can cover heating bills, shutoff emergencies, and weatherization, but fewer than 20% of eligible families received help, so applying early mattered. Many states offered cold-weather shutoff [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":125,"featured_media":313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ericbergersrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ericbergersrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ericbergersrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericbergersrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/125"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericbergersrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericbergersrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":332,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericbergersrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312\/revisions\/332"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericbergersrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ericbergersrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericbergersrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericbergersrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}