Just received my new electric bill in the mail.....

Well, I'm very happy for you. I almost had a heart attack when I opened my gas bill. It was $283!!! It's rediculous!!! My electric bill was $100. I hate bills. I've weather proofed this house as much as I possibly can with no luck. I think it might be time to move again soon! I wish summer would hurry up and get here!

Terrific! The new energy efficient appliances are a wonderful help. We reroofed our home and cut our electric bill in half in the winter. But this year with the wind and sub-zero, we're not doing as well as we did last year. When my washer and dryer die (Maytags-bought in 1985 and only 1 repair each, last fall), I want really good energy efficient ones. That should help us alot. Take care

wow ya did goodI always turn lights off in rooms we arent using but I have to go behind some people and cut them off and we use those neon lights that put out 100 wattslight but uses only 26 watts

Wow, I wish my electric bill was as low as yours. There was one time a few years back that it was $37.00, but that was when it wasn't too hot or too cold out so I didn't need to run the heater (wintertime) or a/c (summertime). It could have been a fluke as I tried getting it this low again during the same time of year, but with no luck. My current electric bill is over $200 and we aren't even heating up the entire house, just two of the three bedrooms. Every other room is COLD! I only do one or 2 FULL loads of laundry, though it is everyday. My electrical appliances are a few years old (with the stove being the newest), but they all work efficiently. And I turn off lights when I lam not using them. Hopefully once the weather starts to warm up my bill will be significantly lower. I hate these high electric bills.

Wow that is excellent lightningMD.I wish I could cutback my electric bills too but not quite much.Does unplugging appliances from the socket helped lower the consumption and your bills? Have you tried this, just wondering...

Glad that you were able to reduce your electric bill. Not sure if mine will go down this month or not due to the colder weather that we have had this month. Though I am only using space heaters to heat my home, since it is only me now. I do know it would be cheaper this way than using my gas furnace that is old and heating the whole house.

congratulation dear lightningMD. you already save about 25.00 from previous month for electric bill. i trully wish that you can reduce more your electricity bill or if not stay the same at this moment. and you know, by saving energy of electricity, you can reduce your bill payment per month also participate to conserve natural resources which becoming hot issue at this moment since globar warminmg effect rising up in everywhere. at least turn off two unnecessary lamp in your home and use electricity only for your needing ;)

You have some really good ideas. And the fact that your bill was $25 less than your previous one is great! The light thing is a great idea, and so is the laundry. Also, by washing less loads of laundry, you are also saving your laundry detergent. Another saving! :)

Boy you did really good I tried to lower our bills once but it did not work fiance sleeps with a fan on at night no matter how cold it is and so does my son but even with our deposit our light bill was 161.00 and thats for almost a month and a half

That's great, I wish I could cut mine in half...it's over 200 a month!!