Residential Infrastructure Day on May 20th is a day to highlight infrastructure’s “last mile.” It’s the electric, sewer, water, and cable lines that connect homes to utility systems, and household heating, cooling, and water heating equipment critical to everyday...
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HomeServe Celebrates 20 Years of Serving Homeowners and Enhancing Communities
by Kimberly Dailey | Oct 3, 2023
Twenty years ago this month, HomeServe launched its first U.S. utility partnership to educate homeowners and offer optional protection against potentially costly emergency repairs to residential lines and systems. Today nearly 5 million homeowners are benefitting from...
Infrastructure Week 2023
by Kimberly Dailey | May 11, 2023
Happy Infrastructure Week! We will be adding new infrastructure information, statistics, and more every day, so don’t forget to check back.Over the Last Five YearsPeople StoriesCharles M. of Asheboro, North Carolina, watched as a young couple he knew built a home...
Severe Energy Burdens Weigh Heavily on Low-to-Moderate Income Households
by Kimberly Dailey | Mar 11, 2022
A quarter of all U.S. households and two-thirds of low-income households have high energy burdens, meaning they spend more than 6 percent of their annual income on energy costs, and two out of five low-income households have severe energy burdens, meaning that they...
HomeServe Lends a Helping Hand to Homeowners in Need
by Kimberly Dailey | Dec 10, 2021
During the holidays, many of us are looking for ways to lend a helping hand to our friends and neighbors, and HomeServe is no exception – and we take that giving spirit with us throughout the year. Our HomeServe Cares Foundation and Customer First Program provide pro...
Cooperatives Have Important Role in Decarbonized Energy
by Kimberly Dailey | Jul 16, 2021
The power generation sector has made great strides in creating decarbonized energy, with transportation overtaking the power generation sector as the largest CO2 producer in 2017. This change did not occur as a result of transportation emissions increasing or...
Natural Gas Leads Energy Industry in Decarbonization
by Kimberly Dailey | Mar 25, 2021
Natural gas is shrinking the energy industry’s emissions, while utilities continue to improve decarbonization efforts with innovative processes and technological advances. Natural gas has been playing an understated role in limiting climate change by becoming the...
Energy Efficiency: Why Are Some Homeowners Unengaged?
by Kimberly Dailey | Jan 22, 2021
Energy efficiency is an important part of many cooperatives’ demand-side management and outreach efforts, but your message may be ignored, or your member simply may not be able afford the repairs, replacements or upgrades needed to make their homes more energy...
Electrical Home Fires a Focus During Safety Month
by Kimberly Dailey | Jun 5, 2020
June is National Safety Month, a time intended to raise awareness about maintaining safety at home and at work. Electric and gas malfunctions can be hazardous, so this is a good time to review some safety tips and consider home protection plans for these systems that...
Electrical Service Panel Causes Problems for Retirees
by Kimberly Dailey | May 8, 2020
Richard K. of Canton, Ohio, had a problem: water was getting inside his home’s electrical service panel. Not only that, but both the panel and his electrical service line had become badly corroded. The deterioration of his electric line likely allowed water to seep...
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Residential Infrastructure Day Celebrated by HomeServe
Residential Infrastructure Day on May 20th is a day to highlight infrastructure’s “last mile.” It’s the electric, sewer, water, and cable lines that connect homes to utility systems, and household heating, cooling, and water heating equipment critical to everyday...
HomeServe Celebrates 20 Years of Serving Homeowners and Enhancing Communities
Twenty years ago this month, HomeServe launched its first U.S. utility partnership to educate homeowners and offer optional protection against potentially costly emergency repairs to residential lines and systems. Today nearly 5 million homeowners are benefitting from...
Infrastructure Week 2023
Happy Infrastructure Week! We will be adding new infrastructure information, statistics, and more every day, so don’t forget to check back.Over the Last Five YearsPeople StoriesCharles M. of Asheboro, North Carolina, watched as a young couple he knew built a home...