[Jorge]

$28 per month is great. I'm pretty good at turning off lights and unplugging things (like the electricity guzzling dehumidifier), but my son and SO like to keep the house cool in summer and warm in winter. Personally, the heat doesn't bother me, so I usually sweat it out when I'm home alone (drink lots of water, wear shorts, try not to do anything that takes a lot of effort) and in the winter, you'll always see me with a wool sweater on. Not using the dryer is something I can really improve upon! We have an automatic thermostat that helps with the regulation of temps... we have the system totally off usually during the days/nights when we're not home. Almost all of our lamps are flourescent and I try to only use the grill (with a lot of lava rocks) in the summer. The lava rocks help to retain the heat MUCH better and then we don't have to use as much gas (and we're not using the electricity for stove/oven).