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| (Courtesy Boise Weekly) |
When many customers connected to Boise geothermal line—the largest direct-use system of its kind in the United States—they assumed that the natural heating system would come with consumer savings. But natural gas rates have plummeted, dropping 39 percent in the last seven years, leaving Boise's geothermal rates near, or above, natural gas rates.
That's why the City of Boise's Public Works Department will be suggesting a 9 percent drop in its geothermal rate when the Boise City Council meets this Tuesday, Jan. 15.
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