What have you done/are you doing to conserve electricity?

[canabiz]

I got most of the above, to save my money and the environment

[Portwest]

Similar to the other posters, I use CFL bulbs and turn off appliances (like the PC) when they're not in use. I hang up many of my clothes to day, and have solar lights in my yard.

[granite_grrl]

That charge doesn't have anything to do with being green. Does your phone company send you a $0 bill when you don't make any call sin a month?

But if they didn't have the same standard monthly charges for everyone I would make even more effort to reduce my energy consumption. The monthly charges by far make up the majority of my bill, I see very little result if I try to reduce my energy consumption further which doen't give me a lot of incentive (note: we use gas for heating our water and our house, which saves on a lot of power use, though obviously makes the gas bill higher).

If they rolled the monthly fees into what you pay per kWh I think there would be a lot more incentive to reduce the power you use. Perhaps leave a nominal monthly fee to cover the cost of the paper work to keep your profile in their system.

[trixstar]

I'm just wondering how many of you guys are actively looking for way to save more electricity at home? The common ways are using CFL lights, and more energy efficient appliances.

What about computers? I know some of you have 2, 3, 4 or more PC at home...

I want some ideas of what you've done/are currently doing about using less electricity.

Every single bulb in our home is CFL based from philips. We also have energy star appliances such as the washer, dryer, stove etc. We have also installed thermostats which automatically turn on the heater when we sleep and turn it off when we're awake. This saves a bunch of electrical bills as the heater isn't used as frequently.

[jayk]

personally I think infra red detectors would be a great thing for business buildings and even homes esp. people who forget to switch the lights off all the time.

[joshmxpx]

Every single bulb in our home is CFL based from philips. We also have energy star appliances such as the washer, dryer, stove etc. We have also installed thermostats which automatically turn on the heater when we sleep and turn it off when we're awake. This saves a bunch of electrical bills as the heater isn't used as frequently.

you should have it turn off when you're asleep as well, as long as you're under the covers the heater doesn't need to be on. should only be on when you're up and around the house, ie not during the day if you're at work and not at night when you're sleeping