Usually, when something sounds too good to be true, it is. But that doesn't appear to be the case with the new biomass boiler being considered by the Kellogg School District to reduce heating costs and make the district less dependent on Avista Utilities, with its ever increasing rates, for natural gas and electricity. The boiler, which would use wood chips and the plentiful wood from thinning projects in the woods surrounding the Silver Valley, is the linchpin of a $9.5 million bond election Nov. 1 – and comes with a guarantee.

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DFO: I came within a whisker of switching over to natural gas this year. I love wood heat. But messing with it through the winter gets old ... say ... about mid-January. Now,we have electric backup heat. With the way natural gas prices are going up, I might just past on the natural gas altogether. And no longer envy all those guys who bought Avista pitch way back when to switch to natural gas because it was so inexpensive.

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