Heating

With heating expenses expected to skyrocket this year, low-income households have been urged to sign up for federal weatherization programs. That would help save families an average of $437 a year, said U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut.

With global energy prices expected to spike this winter, state assistance is available to help Connecticut residents keep warm. The assistance includes a record $135 million in federal funding to help heat homes.

New research from the University of New Hampshire says the greenest way to heat your home this winter is a wood pellet stove.Using wood pellets to heat a…