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This situation is quite frustrating for consumers living in a tight budget. If energy utilized is not regulated then it could be more frustrating because of costly bills. In contrast, if you really do not want to spend high on electric bills then you would have to control and reduce your energy consumption frequency. If you are not around, turn down the heating of your thermostat because even a centigrade lower equals to 2% of your saved energy. When dishwashing or doing laundry, we should turn the dial to cold which would help in saving 85%-90% of energy. In this case, a front loading machine is a better technology then the conventional ones since it saves us 50% on water and 50% on energy. This is the most effective and efficient way of energy consumption. It releases your tension of electricity bill and energy wastage. Another amazing invention of time is the Programmable Thermostat. Investment in this device is very useful. If you are not at home, and you want to turn on your heating or cooling device just few minutes before you reach home, set the timer with specific temperature you want. Whenever you make use of an air-conditioner or electric heater/ furnace you shouldn't turn the thermostat at higher temperature; you are not living on the North Pole or equator. Keep both the things off when you are not at home. You can reduce a great deal of your home energy expenditure just by turning such appliances off when you really do not need them. You have no need to turn on these solar energy bulbs manually. If there is a light then these bulbs are turn off automatically. The use of solar energy bulb is very easy. Just purchase the solar energy bulb from the market, installed it on your required place and use it. You have no need to worry about long procedures as you need in electrical bulb installation. Similarly, the thermostat should also be lowered when we are away or sleeping. We should set our machine to cold dial. Washing machines consume up to 90% more energy on heating the water then using tap water. By using small electric burners when cooking gives us better savings than large burners. It also keeps our heating system less stressful and helps in maintaining the temperature of the house. 

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