The following cost-saving opportunities exist, as they relate to utility and service providers serving the Peach Crossing subdivision and as they relate to saving on your utility bills in general:
 
New Customer “Referral” Credits
Century Link and Dish Network offer credits to those “referring” new customers.  If you know someone moving out here, or if you are moving out here yourself and wish to save an existing Peach Crossing resident some money off their monthly bill, consider using their referral programs.
 
Century Link referrals:  Century Link offers a referral credit of $25 to $50 per customer referred.
 
Dish Network referrals:  Dish offers a referral credit of $50 ($5/month for 10 months) per customer referred.
 
Telephone/DSL
For more on how to save on telephone bills click here.
 
Propane
Propane prices are generally more highly-correlated to time of year purchased than they are to natural gas prices (“prices at the pump”).  And it can cost $400-$600 to fill a tank.  While tied to crude oil prices, propane prices usually jump in the winter (due to increased demand in propane use for heating across the country-prices spike particularly high when the nation is hit by a harsh cold spell) and drop in the summer.  Fill your propane tank up in the summer months to save on your Propane bill.  For residential propane prices, click here.
 
For more on how to save on propane click here. 

Water
Water bills can spike well over $200 per month during the hot, dry summer months.  Water bills tend to spike exponentially.  That is, the more you use, the higher price Wellborn Special Utility District will charge per 1,000 gallons used.  1,000 gallons sounds like a lot, but 40,000 gallons can be used during a hot, dry August.  Manage your water bill.  Find your meter and read it before and after your monthly readings.  Then manage it by holding off a few days on that last watering of the month (if you have used a lot, to date).  Or use meter information to decide to spot-water with sprinklers.  While it may not sound like it, managing one’s water bill is simply a matter of knowing your meter and cut-off times, and can add up to significant savings. 
 
For Wellborn Water rates click here.
 
For more on how to save on your water bill click here.

Electricity
Those willing to manage their thermostats can save significant money over the course of a year.  Keep your thermostat at 68 in the winter, and 78 in the summer, and knock hundreds off your annual bill.  Also turn off your unit during those nice, albeit brief, spring and summer months.  When you leave the house, bump up the thermostat a few degrees in the summer and down a few in the winter.  And consider dropping the thermostat significantly during travel periods where no one is home (just don’t cut it so low to freeze pipes, or too high to melt candles and other household items). 
 
For more on how to save on electricity, click here.