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Long Island homeowners will be paying a lot more to heat homes this winter.

According to National Grid, Long Islanders can expect to see a 29% hike in their next November bill because of supply issues.

Analysts say home heating oil is also higher and the cost of delivering it to the home is rising.

National Grid has numerous assistance programs for customers who need <a href="https://www.nationalgridus.com/Upstate-NY-Home/Bill-Help/Help-Making-Payments">help paying their bills</a> as well as <a href="https://www.nationalgridus.com/energy-saving-programs">energy-saving tips</a>.  

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To your weather. Now, we are in storm watch mode for the weekend, but the whole weekend won't be a washout here. No, I'm saying now it's a 5050 weekend. Saturday is the great day. I'm so excited for it. We're going to be in the fifties. So we've got this nice warm start for you guys and even Sunday will be warm. But on Sunday, that's when the stormy weather will get here, it's looking more likely now that we'll see scattered showers kind of on and off through the day. On Sunday, it won't be raining all day long. The best chance will be in Nassau County, but the heaviest steadiest rain, the strongest winds will come overnight. So after about 8 to 9 o'clock, heavy rain will move in, we could pick up 2 to 3 inches winds could be gusting close to 40 MPH. We just want to secure all your holiday decorations that are outside. It's good news that this is happening overnight. Hopefully, most of us will sleep through it and by Monday morning it will be clearing out. So tomorrow looks great fifties in the afternoon, we will have a period of some cloudiness, but then we get some sun at night. It's dry. Sunday morning is dry, but now you see more scattered showers about through the afternoon. The worst of it will get here late in the day. So this is 730 to 8 o'clock. Here comes that line of heavy rain. You see it, it's going to be raining pretty heavy for a while. This is midnight overnight, 3 a.m. to 4 a.m. we could have some flooding, but again, if it's overnight, it shouldn't be too bad. And by the morning, the front is out of here, it will be windy overnight as well. When the strongest winds here, you see nine o'clock, we're starting to see winds gusting 30 to 40 MPH, perhaps a little bit longer, um, stronger up on the north shore. Once that heavy rain goes by, strong winds are on the east end and then it's not as bad on Monday. So when the rain clears out, the weather will start to get better. So enjoy your Saturday, it's dry, it's warmer. We're in the fifties, 60 with showers, Sunday, heavy rain overnight next week looks nice. It's mostly sunny and seasonable with

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National Grid: Long Island homeowners should expect to pay more for heat this winter

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as it gets colder. Long Islanders are paying the price. Long Islanders can expect to pay a pretty penny to heat their homes this year. News twelve's Antoinette bort has more on just how much more it's going to cost you. Well, some of you may have noticed your heat kicking in this morning because of the cooler temperatures. Well, national grid says you'll be paying a little bit more to heat your home this winter and that is making some long Islanders nervous. No matter how you heat your home this winter, it will cost you a lot more. According to national grid. Long Islanders can expect to see a 29% hike in their next november bill. That's about $299 more. They say it's because of supply issues and analysts say home heating oil is also higher and the cost of delivering it to the home is also rising. Court cousins lives here with his family in Syosset. He uses gas to heat his home. He says, families will be struggling this winter season and of course they'll have to budget for an increase this year as well. The reality is whatever neighborhood you come from, maybe two people are working, maybe one, hopefully someone in the house is working. But with prices being squeezed, the idea that we're gonna have to pay as much as maybe 30% more to heat our homes. That's a really tough thing to cut back on, particularly we've got kids in the house or other mouths to feed and national grid has several assistance programs to help customers pay their bills, as well as energy saving tips. You can find all of that information on our website at News 12 dot com in syosset Antoinette, The News 12 Long Island. Thank you Antoinette.

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