We saved $30 bucks on the Electric Bill!
By Michelle
@infatuatedbby (94921)
United States
November 3, 2016 12:27am CST
When I opened the electricity bill, I noticed it was $30 cheaper. I went to go tell my boyfriend, and he asked if I had the correct address? 
Sure enough it was the correct address!
Then, I thought about it.. what did we do differently! My conclusion: It must have been the new lights we purchased!
We bought:
- Fluorescent Shop Light for our office space with LED bulbs
- We also bought two LED light lamps
And of course, turning off all lights not in use or not neccesary, solar powered lights for the backyard.. Most appliances are energy efficient/saving!
Hopefully the bill will stay low like this! 
Has any of your bills gone lower than you expected?!
Note:
I rounded the savings, it's actually $29.94 or something - I don't have the exact information in front of me.
Sure enough it was the correct address!
Then, I thought about it.. what did we do differently! My conclusion: It must have been the new lights we purchased!
We bought:
- Fluorescent Shop Light for our office space with LED bulbs
- We also bought two LED light lamps
And of course, turning off all lights not in use or not neccesary, solar powered lights for the backyard.. Most appliances are energy efficient/saving!
Hopefully the bill will stay low like this!
Has any of your bills gone lower than you expected?!
Note:
I rounded the savings, it's actually $29.94 or something - I don't have the exact information in front of me.15 people like this
18 responses
@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
3 Nov 16
Hehe.
Normally the bill here is $80-90
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@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
3 Nov 16
@Lucky15 Not including water yet too! It is so pricey bills bills.
How are you doing? I haven't seen you on myLot for a while!!
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@Lucky15 (37346)
• Philippines
3 Nov 16
@infatuatedbby water is included on mine, haha
i felt much better now that i am back :D
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
3 Nov 16
This month's bill is usually the lowest of the year - no pool running and no heat on yet...ac a little in the evenings. So our bill was less than $125 for a total electric house!
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@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
4 Nov 16
Wow its pretty expensive there though! Almost double ! But that's good its the lowest of the year for you 
Almost double ! But that's good its the lowest of the year for you @AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
4 Nov 16
@infatuatedbby Our electric is cheap. We get it thru a cooperative and those getting elec thru a 'normal company' pay almost double. A house our size total electric where we're from in New Jersey runs about $400-500 a month.
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@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
4 Nov 16
@AbbyGreenhill 
Wow yes! For the size of your home, I bet you're paying a good deal!
Wow yes! For the size of your home, I bet you're paying a good deal!
@celticeagle (160015)
• Boise, Idaho
3 Nov 16
That is great! Those new type of lights really do the trick. I pay level pay which is the same amount each month. Recently it went down $70 . Not bad, huh?
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@celticeagle (160015)
• Boise, Idaho
4 Nov 16
@infatuatedbby ....Yes. No, that isn't bad.
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@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
4 Nov 16
@celticeagle and that's great it's pretty consistent for you too
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@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
4 Nov 16
I see, that is good you get around the same amount each month. The bill is usually $80-90 a month. $70 isn't too bad too :)
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@annierose (19502)
• Philippines
6 Nov 16
Congratulations! That is definitely good news. We can save more if we practice conserving electricity in our house. Here, we practice it too. We do not iron clothes every day. We just do it once a week. Lights are always turned off when no one is using it. Electric stove is used rarely too.
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@annierose (19502)
• Philippines
7 Nov 16
@infatuatedbby Because money is hard to earn. We should be wise is spending things.
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@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
7 Nov 16
@annierose you got that right - I completely agree with you!
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@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
6 Nov 16
That is good you're practicing saving electrify too :)
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@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
4 Nov 16
Yes love the savings
At my boyfriends average $80-90 a month. But this month it's $30 cheaper :)
At my parents they conserve more and their average is $60 a month
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@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
5 Nov 16
@SIMPLYD yes you're right. any savings is better than none!
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
4 Nov 16
@infatuatedbby 80-90 is a lot already . It's good that you have at least a more or less $30 savings .
It's good that you have at least a more or less $30 savings . 
@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
5 Nov 16
Yes a good chunk of savings! Hopefully next month too!
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@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
5 Nov 16
@amandajay oh yea that is pricey. when my parents run a/c it is like maybe 100 max but its energy star and saves money for the entire home.
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@amandajay (23264)
• New Zealand
5 Nov 16
@infatuatedbby thats great... here we get like 150-200 units per month. may be because of A/C it get high
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
3 Nov 16
You just did your share for our environment and it's good for the pocket too
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@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
3 Nov 16
Hopefully next month it will be like this too!
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@bluebirdfly (188)
• Guangzhou, China
4 Nov 16
i have no idea of my bills,usually they give me the bills and i pay for them by the credit card.
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@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
4 Nov 16
Oh ! You should see if it's higher than others. :) Do you check if your bill is more expensive compared to previous months?
@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
4 Nov 16
@CRK109 Ha-ha! I hope. Sometimes the water bill goes down then back up. It varies!
@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
3 Nov 16
Thank you! I hope the bill stays lower than usually.
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@CRK109 (14558)
• United States
3 Nov 16
@infatuatedbby If your theory is correct, it should stay lower. And I think you're onto something!
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@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
4 Nov 16
We don't use tv. We use the computer monitor as our tv and watch Netflix or Hulu
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@trivia79 (7828)
• El Segundo, California
11 Nov 16
@infatuatedbby how about that? when not in use, do you plug it out?
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@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
4 Nov 16
@magallon Yes - we do that as well.
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@magallon (19280)
• Philippines
4 Nov 16
@infatuatedbby Unplugging appliances if not in use also helps...
@FayeHazel (40246)
• United States
3 Nov 16
Wow! Significant savings, good for you. You can also plug appliances into a power strip, and just turn the power strip off. Stuff like Tv's Cable box, Printer... all draw small amounts of power even when off,...
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@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
3 Nov 16
Yes that's great point. We do put the power strip to turn off/on.
@marguicha (216432)
• Chile
3 Nov 16
I´m changing the bulbs little by little for LED bulbs. But they are expensive and I can´t throw the others if they are working.
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@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
3 Nov 16
Yes - don't toss them out until the light bulbs go bad then get some LED.
@Iam_jauntyjen (4951)
•
3 Nov 16
My electricity has gone lower,too. We used to turn on the AC all day long when my hubby was on vacation.Now we only use the ac at night and during afternoon for siesta.
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@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
3 Nov 16
That is great your electricity bill is going down too. Saving is better than no saving!1 person likes this
