{"id":904,"date":"2022-04-10T09:24:16","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T09:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southwestsolarstores.com\/?p=904"},"modified":"2022-04-15T09:01:46","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T09:01:46","slug":"reduce-your-energy-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southwestsolarstores.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/10\/reduce-your-energy-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"Reduce Your Energy Bills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>3 tips on how to reduce your energy bill:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Turn off unnecessary lights &#8211; Save $15<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two 100-watt incandescent bulbs switched off an extra two hours per day could save you $15 over a year. Better yet, switch to LED.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Unplug unused electronics &#8211; Save $50<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Standby power can account for 10% of an average household&#8217;s annual electricity use. Unplug unused electronics and save $50 a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Manage your thermostat &#8211; Save $90<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have electric heat, lower your thermostat by two degrees to save 5% on your heating bill. Lowering it five degrees could save 10%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/southwestsolarstores.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SouthWest-Solar-3-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southwestsolarstores.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SouthWest-Solar-3-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/southwestsolarstores.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SouthWest-Solar-3-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/southwestsolarstores.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SouthWest-Solar-3-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/southwestsolarstores.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SouthWest-Solar-3-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/southwestsolarstores.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SouthWest-Solar-3.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a 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Turn off unnecessary lights &#8211; Save $15 Two 100-watt incandescent bulbs switched off an extra two hours per day could save you $15 over a year. Better yet, switch to LED. 2. Unplug unused electronics &#8211; Save $50 Standby power can account for 10% of&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/southwestsolarstores.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/10\/reduce-your-energy-bills\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Reduce Your Energy Bills<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":905,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southwestsolarstores.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southwestsolarstores.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southwestsolarstores.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southwestsolarstores.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southwestsolarstores.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=904"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/southwestsolarstores.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1142,"href":"https:\/\/southwestsolarstores.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904\/revisions\/1142"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southwestsolarstores.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southwestsolarstores.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southwestsolarstores.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southwestsolarstores.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}