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What’s the Best Thermostat Setting for Summer?

What’s the best air conditioner temperature setting in the summer? You want to keep your home cool, but also want to keep control of your electricity bills.

Keeping in mind both energy efficiency and comfort, the best thermostat settings for summer are 76° when you are home, 80-85° when you are away and 72° at night. Then use ceiling fans in the rooms you are in to feel up to 4* cooler.

Here’s more on why these thermostat settings are the best.

Fall Home Maintenance Checklist and Tips

Cooler, less humid conditions indicate that fall has officially arrived. And out of habit, you turn the heat up to warm your home and maintain your comfort. But when you see the charges on your electric bill roughly a month later, is that actually a good idea?

Remaining cold shouldn’t be the only way to save on energy costs. Instead, consider how to keep as much heat as possible in your home and curb unnecessary electricity usage with our helpful cold-weather energy checklist for your home.

At ElectricityPlans.com, we focus on helping people save on their electricity bill. But our Fall home maintenance tips will not only help with energy savings, they’ll help keep you safe.

9 Ways to Save on Electricity While Working from Home

Your electricity bill could increase by 10% or more when you work from home. Air conditioning costs are the biggest culprit, but you can also take steps to reduce your costs by enabling power-savings modes, using natural light, and setting up a dedicated workspace.

12 Savings Tips for Winter Heating

The dreaded winter heating bill. Second only to the summer cooling bill in terms of electricity costs. That’s why we’ve created these tips on how to keep warm in the winter without busting your budget.

DIY Home Energy Audit for Energy Efficiency

A DIY Home Energy Audit helps identify how you can save money and energy around your home. A home that’s energy efficient is less expensive to maintain and makes your home environment more comfortable.

Plus we have a handy downloadable home energy audit checklist pdf.

Power Consumption for Cannabis Growers

Grow room electricity used for commercial cannabis production is now estimated at 1% of all electricity used in the USA. Recreational and/or medicinal pot is legal in 31 states and Washington DC.

Indoor grow rooms use tremendous amounts of power. But just how much power do they consume?

7 Ways to Reduce Your Apartment Electric Bill

The thrill of getting a new apartment usually wears off as soon as the first electric bill comes. Who used all that electricity!? Don’t panic, you don’t have to live with sky-high power bills every month.

Your energy habits impact your apartment electric bill. Luckily, it’s pretty easy to develop new habits and carve a chunk out of those bills. Learn about the best ways to reduce your apartment’s electric bill.

7 Tips To Keep Your Electric Bill Off The Naughty List

The holidays are coming and, for most people, that means your electricity usage will go up. This likely means that your holiday electric bills will go up as well.

Between late night festivities, holiday decorations, house guests, and lots of extra activity, utility bills go up almost every holiday season. That doesn’t have to happen, though, if you follow some helpful hints for cutting down on your power usage during these coming holiday weeks.

Incandescent vs. LED Christmas Lights: How Much Does it Impact Your Power Bill?

Whether you prefer delicate light strands or imitate Clark Griswold in Christmas Vacation, holiday lights are a part of our traditions.

For most people, once they start, the light displays continue to grow, year after year. After all, who can pass up the deep discounts at those after-Christmas sales? But your electric bill will continue to grow too, unless you buy energy efficient LED holiday lights.

Bottom line? It’s time to toss out your old strings of lights. Today’s LED Christmas lights will add 90% less to your electric bill vs. traditional lights.

9 Gadgets That Every Smart Home Needs

Energy efficient gadgets and energy savings devices in your home can lower your utility bills. Upgrading your smart home capabilities lets these energy saving gadgets control your HVAC, lighting, water, and security systems. Here’s our recommendation for the newest batch of 2021 and 2022 electricity saving devices for the home.

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