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Tips to Lower Your Electric Bill Today

Summer Cooling Tips

You can save up to 3% on your cooling costs for every degree you raise your thermostat in the summer. Raising the thermostat from 73 to 78 degrees can mean savings of up to 15% in cooling costs.  Using ceiling fans to blow air down will keep you comfortable at a higher temperature. 

Hot Water Tips

The water heater is the second largest energy user in most homes.

Refrigerator & Freezer Tips

Refrigerators and freezers can use 20% of household energy.

Lighting Tips

Lighting can account for about 15% of a home's electric use.

Laundry Tips

Ninety percent of the energy your washer uses goes toward heating water.

Dishwashers Tips

Eighty percent of the energy used in automatic dishwashers goes toward heating water.

Cooking Tips

Other Electricity Saving Tips

You can also save electricity by making some modest investments.

For more energy savings information, see The Virginia Energy Savers Handbook at www.dmme.virginia.gov.

Prepared by the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy
May, 2008

 

 

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