11.   As her utility bills continue to climb, Acevedo is doing whatever she can to trim her power usage.

12.   Ask what the utility bills have totaled.

13.   At the same time, property managers have asked for more money to pay for rising utility bills, officials acknowledge.

14.   A plan to make disposable syringes in the former germ plant also collapsed when production stopped because of unpaid utility bills.

15.   But building a cozy fire is still a popular way to trim utility bills.

16.   But in her last few years alone, with the house paid off, she succumbed to rising utility bills and her distrust of insurance firms.

17.   But lower utility bills are not the best thing about having an energy efficient house, Debbie Brown said.

18.   But much of the increase went to pay for higher utility bills, which analysts say have been cutting into spending for household and other goods and holiday gifts.

19.   But some consumer advocates view them as valuable alternatives for customers who want predictability in their utility bills.

20.   But that was before the Strombergs received their first utility bill, which was almost twice as much as before.