http://www.moneycrashers.com/10-ways-to-reduce-your-utility-bill/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=10-ways-to-reduce-your-utility-bill personal finance blog Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:07:50 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.moneycrashers.com/10-ways-to-reduce-your-utility-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-6196 DEANNASHEA Fri, 17 Oct 2008 05:15:38 +0000 http://www.moneycrashers.com/?p=660#comment-6196 You can also save money by budgeting your phone bills. An example is using a company that won't charge you for directory assistance. You can try 1-800-411-SAVE. It's absolutely free. They have live and friendly agents that give out very accurate phone listings. You won't regret trying it! You can save more than a dollar per call.. Imagine how much you can keep. Remember the number 1-800-411-7283! You can also save money by budgeting your phone bills. An example is using a company that won’t charge you for directory assistance. You can try 1-800-411-SAVE. It’s absolutely free. They have live and friendly agents that give out very accurate phone listings. You won’t regret trying it! You can save more than a dollar per call.. Imagine how much you can keep. Remember the number 1-800-411-7283!

]]> http://www.moneycrashers.com/10-ways-to-reduce-your-utility-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-6187 Ryan Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:51:01 +0000 http://www.moneycrashers.com/?p=660#comment-6187 I read something about this...can't remember where. But they sell these devices that you can plug your applicances into to see how much electricity they are using, even if they aren't "on". One guy did it with all his electronics and found out that some things definitely suck on electricity even when they are "off". He suggested putting everything on power strips and then just turning off the entire power strip when they are not in use. For example, plug all your computer stuff (monitor, tower, printer, speakers, etc.) into one power strip and turn off the power strip when you have the computer "off". Not sure how much it will save, but the guy who wrote the article made it seem like if you did this for everything that you could save a considerable amount of money. I read something about this…can’t remember where. But they sell these devices that you can plug your applicances into to see how much electricity they are using, even if they aren’t “on”. One guy did it with all his electronics and found out that some things definitely suck on electricity even when they are “off”. He suggested putting everything on power strips and then just turning off the entire power strip when they are not in use. For example, plug all your computer stuff (monitor, tower, printer, speakers, etc.) into one power strip and turn off the power strip when you have the computer “off”. Not sure how much it will save, but the guy who wrote the article made it seem like if you did this for everything that you could save a considerable amount of money.

]]> http://www.moneycrashers.com/10-ways-to-reduce-your-utility-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-6184 Casey Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:22:20 +0000 http://www.moneycrashers.com/?p=660#comment-6184 I have heard that unplugging appliances can save a lot of money on utility bills because power will still surge through even if the appliance/device is not turned on. This makes sense, but how much does it actually save? $5 a month? $20 a month? $100 a month? Any idea? Of course it would depend on how many things were plugged in, but I guess I am just wondering if it is a significant amount or not. I have heard that unplugging appliances can save a lot of money on utility bills because power will still surge through even if the appliance/device is not turned on. This makes sense, but how much does it actually save? $5 a month? $20 a month? $100 a month? Any idea? Of course it would depend on how many things were plugged in, but I guess I am just wondering if it is a significant amount or not.

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