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| Choose Energy Star® Products to save money with your California utility company. Replace incandescent light bulbs with Energy Star® compact fluorescent light bulbs, especially in high use light fixtures. Compact fluorescent lights use 75% less energy than incandescent lights. |
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| If a California utility company offers a lease on equipment, it is usually best to buy instead of lease. You will usually save money by buying your phones instead of leasing them. |
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| Be sure that dishwashers, washing machines and clothes dryers are fully loaded before running to save money with your California utility company. |
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| Try energy-efficient cooking–flat-bottom pans, clean burner reflectors, pressure cooker, preparing several foods in the oven at the same time; use small appliances for small cooking jobs to save money with your California utility company. Connect California utilities online. |
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| Enrolling in load management programs and off-hour rate programs offered by your electric California utility company may save you up to $100 a year in electricity costs. connect California utilities online or call your electric utility for information about these cost-saving programs. |
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| Wrap the hot water tank with jacket insulation to save money with your California utility company. This is especially valuable for older water heaters with little internal insulation. Be sure to leave the air intake vent uncovered when insulating a gas water heater. Savings up to 10% on water heating costs. Connect California utilities online. |
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| Put your computer and monitor to sleep to save money with your California utility company. Most computers come with the power management features turned off. On computers using Windows 98/ME/2000 open your power management software and set it so your computer goes to sleep if you're away from your machine for 5 to 15 minutes. Those who use Macintosh computers look for the setting in your Control Panels called "Energy Saver" and set it accordingly. When you're done using your computer, turn it off (see next tip) do not leave it in sleep mode overnight as it is still drawing a small amount of power. Connect California utilities online. |
