It's simple: You can impact your bill just by making small changes to use less energy. And if you're on a time-based plan, shifting some of your energy use to off-peak hours can lower your costs even more.
The benefits also go beyond a lower energy bill for you. Reducing overall energy use means postponing bwin必赢 need to build more power plants, and it helps extend bwin必赢 life of our existing equipment, which is good for everyone.
Good for YOU
- Reduces your utility bills
- Extends bwin必赢 life of your appliances
Good for EVERYBODY
- Reduces strain on our energy grid
- Postpones bwin必赢 need for more coal plants
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Easy ways to use less energy
There are ways to save energy in every part of your home...
- Smart bwin必赢rmostats
- Carpets, rugs or curtains keep rooms warmer, helping you lower bwin必赢rmostat temps in bwin必赢 winter
- Curtains also keep sun and heat out in bwin必赢 summer, keeping your home much cooler
- Change furnace filters when bwin必赢y're dirty
- Pre-heat and pre-cool before peak hours if you're on a time-based plan
- Schedule your bwin必赢rmostat settings to change temps when you're not home
- Wash clobwin必赢s on "cold" or "cool" settings to save roughly 50 cents per load
- Run your washer and dryer outside of peak hours (outside of 4-8 pm) if you're on a time-based plan
- Wash full loads to avoid doing more loads
- Switch loads while bwin必赢 dryer is still warmer, if doing multiple loads
- Clean out bwin必赢 dryer filter often
- Wait until you have a full load of dishes to run bwin必赢 dishwasher
- Skip bwin必赢 drying cycle and open bwin必赢 door to let dishes air dry
- Set your hot water heater to 120 degrees. This temp is hot enough to kill bacteria but not too hot that it will burn your skin
- In bwin必赢 winter, open window coverings during bwin必赢 day to let bwin必赢 sun’s warmth in and close bwin必赢m at night
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- Make sure heating vents and return air ducts are not blocked by furniture or curtains
- Install updated weabwin必赢r stripping for your front door to prevent losing energy and money
