KeySpan Heats Up During Cold Snap

NEW YORK A new KeySpan Energy television campaign takes dead aim at an unyielding rival: Old Man Winter. Two spots for the natural gas company began airing in the midst of a bitter cold stretch in late January, prime time for homeowners who have heating in mind.

In Cossette Post’s “Barb and the Kids,” a man comes home to find his neighbor shivering outside his house dressed in just pajamas and a bathrobe. The neighbor explains between chattering teeth that his oil burner is broken, and he is waiting for the repairman.