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How to Determine Electricity Usage from the Electric MeterReducing electricity consumption is easy once you determine the main energy hogs in your home. So how can you determine how much energy a device is using? One way is to use a Meter like the Kill-A-Watt meter, which will tell you the power consumption of any appliance plugged into the meter. […] Energy Star Washer and Dryer PurchaseIt is always dangerous for my wife and I to visit our local Lowes. For some reason we always end up spending money that we had not planned. Well yesterdays visit was no exception. Plans for Reducing our Electricity UsageIn our last post we made a goal to reduce our electricity consumption by at least 50% by the end of the year. We have been using an average of 1043 kwh a month which is 36% more then the average home in our region. To reach our goal we have to lower […] Starting Our Smart Energy JourneyOver the last three years, our family has been living in a 70 year old energy hogging home. Looking back over our bills for the last three years, I am ashamed of how wasteful we have become. Just how bad is it? Pretty bad - our household energy usage is way over the national […] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |