MommaGuy t1_j49h205 wrote on January 14, 2023 at 2:22 AM

You can try unplugging everything that is not being used. Even in the off position some things still draw power. My house is almost all electric. I have a 1200 sqft house with a detached garage. Our bill averages about that. We switched our hot water and heat to propane some years ago and that saved us money.

movdqa t1_j4b23si wrote on January 14, 2023 at 12:57 PM

I bought a power meter for about $20 and it's handy to get an idea of what appliances use. It may make sense to upgrade appliances if you were thinking about it anyways. I upgraded the computers that I use and the new ones take about one-tenth the power of the old ones.

We switched to LED lighting many years ago and that did make a difference.