Ideas On How To Lower Your Electric Bill

Easy Strategies

Strategy
Up front cost Savings per year
(1) Use space heaters to heat only the rooms you're in, (rather than a central system that heats the whole house), and turning off the heat when you're not home.
$80 $1023
(2) Use ceiling fans instead of the air conditioner $100
if you don't already have ceiling fans $438
(3) Turn off lights you're not using $0 $274
(4) Use a clothesline or a laundry rack instead of a dryer $20 $196
(5) Sleep your computer when you're not using it $0 $178
(6) Wash laundry in cold water instead of hot or warm none $152
(7) Turn off a single 100-watt light bulb, from running constantly $0 $131
(8) Replace ten 60-watt light bulbs with compact fluorescents $32 $123
Total $232
once $2515
every year
Aggressive Strategies
(9) Replace top-loading washer with front-loading washer $500 $112
(10) Replace 1990 fridge with newer model $300 $68
Total $800
once $180
every year