Writing easily pressing checks to utility companies is not something that I prefer to do.
In fact, it takes all our strength just to rip that enormous check out of the checkbook.
Fortunately, our family and I are in good financial shape. However, I am having to make cash go further while still bringing in the same salary. A correct story to many, I am sure. This circumstance simply doesn’t allow myself and others to just pay bills without some attempt to reign in costs. The HVAC in the summer time is something that can legitimately cripple our household budget left untested. This year, I have gotten much more proactive about saving cash by lessening the amount of kilowatt minutes used. It all begins and ends at the HVAC control unit. You can do a myriad of other things to lower HVAC costs. But, if you aren’t committed to addressing the control unit setting, then your savings will be much less significant. My first transfer was to get a smart control unit. There will be no more manual operation of the control unit. I laid this out for the family. The manual code will stay with myself and others so, if you’re tepid in the house, get under a fan. I also bought some well designed solar curtains for all the windows in the house. My partner and I agreed that every one of us could do without so much direct sun because it is such a pressing source of ambient air heating. Finally, I made a further commitment. I promised to grill our proteins outside at least 4 times per week. This will keep us from using the range or the oven inside. I’m happy to see what sort of savings these efforts will return.