Saving Money on Utilites

RE: Saving Money on Utilites Post by CRMom (20) | (07/05/2005) Profile | Contact Our local electric company has a special time of day meter. This allows you to use electricity for 1/2 price at night and on the weekends. I do laundry and run the dishwasher at 9:00 at night. This also helps me keep up with laundry doing a load or two a night. Our family of four was able to cut our electric bill in 1/2 by not "wasting" electricity during peak periods. We also installed a programmable thermostat that helps especially during the day when no one is home. Saving Money on Energy Post by ThriftyFun (4042) | (06/01/2005) Profile | Blog! | Contact Use only cold water to do laundry whenever possible. Shut off the breaker to the hot water tank before you leave for work so it doesn't heat water all day while no one is there to use it. Editor's Note: You can purchase a timer for you electric hot water heater at your local hardware store. By joni514 Keeping Power Bills Down Post by ThriftyFun (4042) | (04/22/2005) Profile | Blog! | Contact To keep your power bill down, use your electric clothes dryer as little as possible. Either hang your clothes outside, or hang your clothes on hangers in your shower to drip dry or get a clothes rack (this can be set up both, outdoors or indoors). I hang most of our clothes and let drip dry in the shower. Also, I use the nails I put up on our deck to use for hanging Christmas lights to hang clothes on hangers to dry in the light summer breeze. We sure can tell a difference in our power bill if I forget and toss a few loads of wash in the dryer! By Terri H. RE: Saving Money on Utilites Post by Dgrams (51) | (03/22/2005) Contact In the evenings when there is not much going on here we have night lights and candles. Unless very necessary we do not turn the lights on. Our power bill is high but i need new appliances so much. Tonya Saving Energy and Water Post by ThriftyFun (4042) | (03/22/2005) Profile | Blog! | Contact Wait until you have a full load of dishes or laundry to run the machine. You'll save water, detergent and energy costs. By cynthia conley Cutting Down On AC Post by ThriftyFun (4042) | (03/22/2005) Profile | Blog! | Contact This past summer was so mild where we live that my husband and I only turned our A/C on a few days during the whole season. Since we are on budget billing for all of our utilites, I was curious to see if we had saved money by not using the A/C and using our ceiling fans at home. I also have cut way back on my usage of the clothes dryer so this helped too. Our monthly budget billing on electrity was $70 a month and I just got our "settle up statement" form the electric company and we have a $167.00 credit coming! Woo Hoo! It really pays to be frugal! I have cut back on soooo much and it really has not been painful. In fact it has been a relief! I love this site as it give me so many great ideas on saving money and TIME which is just as important in this day and age! Cookiepom RE: Saving Money on Utilites Post By dsbaby14 (Guest Post) (10/04/2004) During the fall,winter and early spring, we heat mostly with our woodburner. Not only is it great for heat but make a kettle of soup on it is great.