Lower Your Holiday Energy Bill

Lower Your Holiday Energy Bill

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The holidays are a great time for family get-togethers and opening gifts. However, the holidays can be the worse possible time to open your energy bills. Few seasons use up energy and drive up energy costs like the Christmas season. It is a time of good cheer and homes lit up like Christmas trees. Not to mention, neighborhood decorating competitions and Christmas trees lit up likewellChristmas trees. Little surprise, then that holiday season runs up some of the highest electric bills of the year. But it doesnt have to be this way. dPi Pay As You Go Energy has a few holiday hints on how to reduce your energy costs and protect the planet.

Wear a holiday sweater.
First of all this season, do a better job of policing the thermostat. Find a comfortable setting and set the heat a tad lower. A brisk temperature in the house can be offset with bright, holiday apparel and a roaring fire. Encourage your holiday guests to bundle up in last years jingle bell sweater. Have Uncle Max put on the knitted Santa hat you made him to warm his bald noggin. Tell him he looks cute that way. This will lower your heating costs and make everyone look festive.

Deck the halls with LED lights.
Next, watch how you light up the holiday. You can still have plenty of twinkling lights inside and out without spending a fortune. For instance, consider replacing the old-school Christmas lights with new, energysaving LED lights. These will save you big time. They use up to 90% less electricity than the typical holiday lights. You can buy them for just 10 bucks a strand.
Make it your Christmas present to you.

Trim the tree. Trim the costs.
This year, light up the tree with fiber optics. They even have entire Christmas trees made from this electricity-saving technology. All you need is one light bulb to light up the tree.
Turn off the other room lights and let the tree light up the room. More savings.

Candlelight. Kicking it old school.
Before Thomas Edison lit up the grid, Christmas was all candles and hot cider. Why not turn your home into a living Christmas card? Light some candles, flick off the overheads and transform the holidays into a Currier Ives print. Cozy.

Gifts that give back to the planet.
It is estimated that 40% of all batteries are bought at Christmas time. That is a lot of money being spent on batteries and a whole lot of energy being used. Why not agree to only buy battery-free gifts this season?

Holiday Baking. Less is more.
Rather than cranking up the oven several times during the holiday season, do a one-time, Christmas cookie, cranberry loaf, plum pudding extravaganza. Why fire up the stove more often than necessary? Dont let that heat go to waste. Make it a holiday party. People will love it!

Merry Walking.
Sure, its fun piling in the car and looking at Christmas lights. But how about starting another holiday traditionleaving the car home and walking around the neighborhood looking at the pretty lights and belting out a few stanzas of Santa Claus is Coming to Town.

--Have a bright holiday season and save lots of energy at the same time. Its possible. You just have to concentrate on not being naughty.

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