5 Hidden Tips to Lower Winter Electric Bills

Heating the cold and lighting the dark of winter can get expensive, but there are ways to lower your winter electric bills. Root Electric can help with a home energy audit to find sneaky electricity eaters too: (703) 494-3989

1. Employ the Sun

Keep shades and curtains open to let in as much sunlight as you can; it prevents you flipping on lights and provides natural warmth too.

2. Close Curtains and Shades at Night

It may not seem like much, but they can actually trap warmer air inside while holding cold air at bay.

3 Thermostat Programming

Program your thermostat to go down between 10-15 degrees when you go on vacation, or when everyone’s under their warm, fluffy blankets. This could cut nearly 10% out of your winter electric bills.

4 Wear Your Warmth

No reason to turn up the thermostat if you’re trapping your own body heat with fluffy blankets, sweaters, leggings under jeans, etc. Brew up a hot cup of tea, cocoa or soup and stay warm from the inside.

5. Check Your Insulation

An energy audit from Root Electric can catch places where your insulation might be letting you down. Check weather stripping around doors and windows too.

Also consider switching to LED lights around the house, using LED holiday lights, heating only the rooms you use, changing your furnace filter and getting the furnace checked! And call Root Electric at (703) 494-3989 for an energy audit today!