Milan leads the way in energy conservation
As surely as the winter winds howl, residents in Milan send their hard-earned dollars to the far-corners of the earth.
With some exceptions, every dollar that residents of Milan spend to heat their homes this winter will be sent out of the community and, often, right out of the country.
Whether it's oil or propane for furnaces, or coal for electric heat, the fuel sources must all be "imported" to Milan.
It's believed that a majority of the 173 homes in this rural community rely on fuel oil as their main source of heat.
These are just some of the reasons that Milan has become the first rural community in America to create its own Sustainable Energy Utility.
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