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Quick Tips For Lowering Your Power Bill
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At Home
- Keep your thermostat at 68 degrees during the day, 55 degrees at night and when no one is home.
- Set your water heater to 120 degrees.
- Run only full loads in your dishwasher, clothes washer and dryer (after 9 p.m. if possible).
- Wash clothes in cold water.
- Set your dishwasher to air dry.
- Turn off lights when you leave the room.
- Decide what you want to eat THEN open the refrigerator door.
- Replace incandescent lights with compact fluorescent lamps (CFL's).
- They use one-fourth the power and last ten times as long.
- Turn off your computer, stereo, TV etc. when not in use.
- Close off and don't heat unoccupied rooms.
- Weatherstrip around doors, windows and anywhere you feel a draft.
- Take short showers and install a low-flow shower head if you don't have one already.
- Close fireplace dampers.
- Keep pools and spas covered and the heat off or on low. Turn the heat up only when you plan to use them.
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At Work
- Turn off your computer, printer and other office equipment when you leave for the day.
- Turn off overhead lights and use task lighting at your desk.
- Set back the thermostat to 68 degrees during the day, 55 degrees at night and during non-business hours. Dress appropriately for your office temperature. Avoid using portable heaters.
- Keep after hours lighting to the minimum necessary for maintenance and security.
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