Super Power Saver reduce electricity bills

A watt is a joule per second . . . but how does that help a poor college student save money on the electric bill? Since your electricity is billed by the kilowatt hour (kWh), your energy bill is a function of both wattage and time. Therefore, you need to reduce one or both of those factors to see a savings. So how much electricity does an appliance use? The following chart gives typical values for common home appliances
It’s evident that some appliances use far more electricity than others; therefore it’s probably more effective to reduce consumption for the higher-wattage appliances first. Here’s a quick list of things you can do to help reduce your electric bill by saving in several areas:

• Cooking
  • Use a smaller appliance to get the job done (i.e. toaster oven, microwave, or slow cooker instead of conventional oven)
  • When using electric stoves, turn burners off a few minutes before the end of cooking time and allow the residual heat to finish the cooking
  • Keep burner reflectors clean to maximize efficiency
  • Minimize peeking in the oven—temperatures can drop up to 25 degrees F each time
  • Keep lids on pans to cook food more quickly
  • Don’t preheat the oven except for baking
  • Use glass or ceramic cookware instead of metal and lower oven temperature by 25 degrees F
• Refrigerator / Freezer
  • Clean the cooling coils in the back once or twice a year
  • Keep freezer at least moderately full to increase efficiency
• Heating / Cooling
  • Reduce thermostat in winter and increase in summer – you save 6 – 8% off the heating or cooling part of your bill for every degree, and the US DOE says that heating bills account for approximately 44% of the average family’s electric bill
  • Clean air filter for AC unit monthly when in use
• Washer / Dryer
  • Wash / rinse in cold water to save on heating costs
  • Use dryer’s feature to sense when clothes are dry to avoid overdrying