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Home heating
The best way to heat your home is with your home's built-in heating system -- usually central heating or wall heaters.
Because today's homes are fairly airtight and do not provide enough ventilation, it is never safe to use an open fire or burn charcoal inside your home.
Burning wood or charcoal emits carbon monoxide, an invisible, odorless and deadly gas. Released inside your home, this gas can quickly kill.
Precautions
- Never use a barbecue grill in an enclosed area.
- Never heat a room with a stove, oven, kerosene heater, dryer or other non-ventilated heaters.
- Never burn anything in your fireplace that is not recommended by the manufacturer such as treated or painted wood.
- Never use gasoline or starter fluid to ignite a fire in the fireplace.
Home heating brochure in various languages
The information on this Web page is also available in brochure form in these languages:
- English
- Spanish
- Chinese
- Vietnamese
- Laotian
- Hmong
- Russian
- Ukrainian
To get a copy of the Safe Home Heating brochure, please call SMUD Customer Service at 1.888.742.SMUD (7683).
Low-income program
SMUD's Energy Assistance Program is another way to save you money and keep you safe and warm this winter. If you are a low-income SMUD customer, you may qualify to save 30% on a portion of your monthly electric bill.
For more information on our low-income discount, call 1.800.433.4327.