Was that summer electric bill just too much for you? Are you looking for ways to get a break from your utility costs as well as the heat? Before you panic about that electric bill, make sure you’re doing everything in your power to shave it. There are so many simple things you can do to lower your electricity usage. Sungate Energy Solutions offers these ten easy ways to shave your electricity bill.

1. Swap out your incandescent light bulbs for compact fluorescents in your three most frequently used lights. Aim to eventually use only compact fluorescents in your home. If every American home replaced just one light with an Energy Star compact fluorescent bulb, we would save enough energy to light 3 million homes for a year, save about $600 million in annual energy costs, and prevent 9 billion pounds of greenhouse gas emissions per year, equivalent to those from about 800,000 cars.
2. Buy a programmable thermostat. There’s no reason to keep your home warm enough or cool enough when you’re not going to be there, or when you’re sleeping. With a programmable thermostat, you can set the right temperatures for various times of the day, and your thermostat will adjust automatically.
3. Change your air filters once a month. Clogged air filters reduce air flow and make your heating and cooling systems work harder.
4. Vacuum air vents and registers regularly to aid circulation.
5. Use light colored blinds or curtains on south and west facing windows and keep them closed during the hottest part of the day.
6. Use small appliances like crock pots for cooking during the summer. Not only do they use less electricity than your oven, but they keep your kitchen cooler, too.
7. Give up a degree or two. Keeping the home one or two degrees cooler in the winter and warmer in the summer will help you save money. Your family will may complain at first, but they’ll quickly adjust to the difference.
8. Turn off those lights. Many people have lights on when they don’t really need them. Make it a point to keep lights out when they’re not really needed.
9. Turn off your tanked hot water heater when you go out of town. No need to keep water heated when you’re not going to use it. Even better; buy a tankless hot water heater so that you never heat water unless you’re using it.

10.Contact Sungate Energy Solutions for energy efficient windows, insulation, tankless hot water heaters and solar energy systems to really make a dent in that power bill!

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