At the Anchor River Inn, the grills in the kitchen used to be hooked up to propane, an expense that made every pot of soup and hamburger's cost just that much higher.
At the end of November, owner Jesse Clutts shut down his famed restaurant to make a conversion. ...
December's bill brought Clutts the equivalent of a Christmas gift. From paying $2,000 a month for propane, his bill went down to $500 a month with natural gas.
"It was exactly as they said it would be; we dropped our costs in one month," he said.
Homer plans to lobby the Legislature again this year for funding for a gas line extension.
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