In part 1, Patti shares with us why local communities need to energy efficiency. It’s not only good for climate change, the electric grid but also lower all of our utility bills. This is part 2 of our interview with Patti where we cover how reducing energy bills is much Read more…
This is part 1 of our interview with Patti Sexton, who has been involved with sustainability and energy conservation in the Bay Area for about two decades. She shares with us how she transitioned from the tech industry to working with organizations like Acterra in fostering sustainable practices in her Read more…
In part 1 and part 2, James talked about how energy coaching is free and easy for Californians because it’s paid for by the utility company. He knows it inside out from his days running programs in Customer Energy solutions at PG&E. In this final part of the interview, James Read more…
In part 1, James told us how energy coaching to cut energy bills is free in California because state laws actually pay utility companies more to save energy use. This is part 2 of our interview with James. He goes into further details his time at PG&E and how the Read more…
James Tuleya, an energy coach, shares with us his approach to helping his four hundred clients cut their electricity and gas bills. He talks about lighting and just unplugging stuff when not in use. Most importantly, he emphasizes that his service is free because it’s paid for by the utility Read more…
If your household use lots of devices turning on at various times of the day (and night), it can get quite hard to figure out what is really giving you high electric bills. In our experience, it hardly means giving up your favorite activities or becoming less comfortable. Recall from Read more…
In the article Five Ways to Reduce Energy Bills, we mentioned that recurring use as one of the background loads to your electricity or energy bill. Your recurring load comes from devices that come on at the same time every day. In the background, they are easy to forget about Read more…
Sometimes, we hear people complain about unfair or wrong electricity pricing. They may say something like, “there is no way I used twice as much electricity though my bill doubled.” Well, they are almost always right. (Occasionally, we see some device start malfunctioning that is actually using more electricity.) However, Read more…
One of the most common frustrations we hear from people are those unusually high summer energy bills or winter bills that just blows your budget for the month. Most people in America go through hot summers or cold winters, and as we mentioned before, people can feel the difference between Read more…
As a reminder, refrigeration is part of “always on” or idle load, one of the five ways to lower energy bills. We have a 3-part series on reducing electric idle load outside of refrigeration costs. Most of the time, we recommend installing timers or smart plugs to limit this waste Read more…