RVUR means Residential Volume User Rate.
"It also means you could lower your residential natural gas bill by 6%!"

QUALIFICATION CHECKLIST FOR RESIDENTIAL VOLUME USER RATE Each qualifying residential structure must have each of the following 3 appliances: 1. Primary Natural Gas Heating System Consisting of: A. Central Heating System B. Or, Space Heating System C. Or, Combination of Both 2. Natural Gas Water     Heating System 3. Natural Gas Clothes Dryer Each qualifying residential structure also required to have a minimum of 1 of the folowing: 1. Natural Gas Cookstove 2. Natural Gas Oven 3. Natural Gas Artificial     Fireplace Logs 4. Natural Gas Air     Conditioning System 5. Natural Gas Swimming Pool Heater 6. Natural Gas Grill and Natural Gas Outdoor Lighting* No variations, exceptions or substitutions of appliances in the above listings can be permitted. * These 2 are considered as 1 appliance due to very low consumption levels of each one alone.

HOW?

First, look at the Natual Gas Appliance Checklist. If your residence has and uses all 3 of the gas appliances shown on the left-hand side of the list, plus any one of the appliances of the right, you have already qualified for the Residential Volume User Rate (RVUR).

Just call your nearest Fort Hill office and we'll send a "rep" to verify that your residence has met these requirements. Upon verification, you will be put on the lower rate, effective with your next meter reading. This means that you will see a savings of 6% on all the Natural Gas you use!

CAN YOU QUALIFY FOR RVUR IF YOU DON'T MEET ALL THE APPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS RIGHT NOW?

Absolutely, and we hope you will! In fact, Fort Hill already has two exciting money-saving rebate offers to help you with the costs of converting from an electric water heater and/or an electric clothes dryer to Natural Gas versions of these appliances.

SAVE $225 FOR A START!

The rebate for installing a new gas water heater to replace your present electric water heater is $150, and you can earn another $75 rebate by replacing your electric dryer with a gas dryer. (Ask about our free gas water heater option at our appliance/installation department)

And that's just the beginning of the savings you'll make year after year because Natural Gas, especially when you qualify for the new Residential Volume User Rate, costs so much less than electricity.

WHY FORT HILL CAN OFFER YOU THESE LOWER RATES?

As with many products, when you purchase in greater volume, you often obtain a lower price...And rewarding you for a larger purchase is one reason that we have worked for many months to develop the RVUR plan.

But there is a "seasonal" reason for the lower rate, too. That's because Natural Gas (for heating) is obviously used more in the winter months. But when you, as a Fort Hill customer, use gas appliances for purposes other than heating, you help us to spread the use of natural gas more evenly throughout the year.

This enables us to use our facilities more efficiently and that produces savings. The new RVUR is our way of passing those savings on to you, and saying, "thanks" for using Natural Gas in so many different ways.

ACT NOW AND START SAVING!

If you already have all the natural gas appliances to qualify for RVUR just call your nearest Fort Hill office and arrange for verification.

If you don't presently have the right combination of appliances to qualify, why not think about installing them. They will more than pay for themselves in energy savings over the years...AND DON'T FORGET that by acting now you can earn generous rebates, too!

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT RVUR OR THE REBATE OFFERS? Just call your local Fort Hill office.

*Gas cost comparisons on these pages use our base rate of .65331 per therm. To the extent that gas costs exceed the amount included in our base rate, the excess gas costs should be added to the base rate for comparative purposes.