BY NENA GROSKIND GETTING A GRIP ON ENERGY COSTS YOU MAY HAVE MORE OPTIONS AND CONTROL THAN YOU REALIZE C ondominium boards tend to view energy costs, like death and taxes, as an unpleasant but unavoidable and largely unmanageable fact of life. But in a market that's now deregulated, energy consumers have more options and control than many recognize. Most community associations probably operate as they always have, tethered to a local utility company that purchases energy and delivers it to them. But some have discovered that they can shop for better prices from other energy suppliers and they can lock in their energy costs for a specified period instead of letting them move unpredictably as market conditions change 24 CONDOMEDIA