So if you are like me, your electricity bill has a "season". Season meaning when it's intensely high and about 4 times what it is the opposite half of the year. Mine happens to be summertime, living in a place where it can get to 120 degrees in July and August. After purchasing a "new" home (built in 1945, 2650 square feet) recently and suffering a $600.01 electricity bill, I have had to find new areas of savings in my life. There are ways to soften the blow of an electricity bill, for instance, like signing up for an equalizer billing plan (aps.com) which does not save you money in a year, but levels out your bill so you pay similar amounts each month rather than (like me) $600 in July and $85 in December.
Although equalizing out your payments may benefit most people, what we really need to focus is on the amount of electricity we waste each day.
Here are some ideas on how to save money every single day of the year:
