http://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/15/saving-21-electric-bill-can/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Sun, 28 Dec 2014 19:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 http://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/15/saving-21-electric-bill-can/#comment-192144 Sun, 17 Nov 2013 14:08:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=58798#comment-192144 I installed a timer for my hot water heater. It is only on for a couple hours in the morning. But the water stays hot all day, I have enough when I come home from work to take a shower or run the dishwasher. I have to wonder why we need it to stay on 24 hours a day now?

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/15/saving-21-electric-bill-can/#comment-192041 Sat, 16 Nov 2013 13:04:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=58798#comment-192041 Good advice, I would comment that cooking with propane outside in the summer is good but is likely a false economy in the winter when heat is needed anyway inside.
Personally I do 80% of my summer time cooking with propane outside and 80% with electric inside in the Winter. 70% of my Summer electricity is supplied by solar in the Summer and virtually 100% in the Winter. My annual electric bill is about $65, of which about $50 is for additional Summer air conditioning (that portion not supplied by PV) and my annual propane (small tanks) is about the same.

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