Archive for March, 2014

 

4 Ways to Save Money on Electricity and Improve Your Home Value

Finding little ways to save energy is easy, but when you want to save money on electricity over the long term, it’s better to make major adjustments to your home. As an added bonus, most of those long-term efficiency improvements will actually improve the value of your home, putting you…
 

4 Steps to Lower Your Electric Bill When You’re Away From Home

Whether you’re on vacation, on a business trip, or just away from your home for a few days, your first thoughts usually aren’t focused on ways to lower your electric bill when you’re away. It’s true that your home uses less energy when you’re away from it, since you won’t…
 

How to Choose An Electricity Provider in 4 Steps

March 13, 2014
Many energy consumers do not realize they are able to choose the electricity supplier that generates and provides the electricity you use in your home or business. If you select a new electric supplier, you’ll still receive electricity the same way, but your rates may change for the better. Understanding…
 

6 Tips for Small Businesses to Save Energy from the PUCO

The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) is an agency dedicated to the regulation of public utility service. In an effort to help Ohio residents and business owners reduce their energy consumption and understand their rights as energy consumers, the PUCO regularly distributes information on how to reduce electric bills….
 

Learning from Your Electric Bill to Save Money on Electricity

March 6, 2014
You might think of your electric bill only in terms of the final number you owe, but there are a number of metrics and pieces of information you can use to analyze your electricity usage and make habit changes to cut back and save money over time. If you’re surprised…
 

Save Money on Costly Winter Electric Bills

March 5, 2014
Having trouble paying costly winter electric bills? Electric and utility bills can easily get out of hand during frigid winter months. In fact, Americans paid $1,700 to heat homes with oil — and another $700 to use natural gas for heating — from 2007 to 2012, the Energy Information Administration…
 

Energy Storage and a More Secure Electric Grid for Electric Utility Suppliers

March 5, 2014
Energy storage is now being considered as a possible solution for the interruptions, inefficiencies, and occasional unreliability of the current electrical grid system. Should a storage solution develop, it could potentially provide several gigawatts of renewable energy capacity across the country through electric utility suppliers, and eventually the world. During…