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For this reason assembled data that follows will attempt to explain such things as how much kilowatt hours cost.

Additionally how to calculate the electricity used by household appliances will be related and this way you may discover what to best target for savings.

You can learn how to read your electric meter and other meaningful tips to defer electricity consumption by way of tools that determine how much you can save.

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Some may not know the environmental consequences of using electricity...

And this is understandable since when you plug something into the wall, it seems clean and there is no emissions to see as in the case of automobiles.

But at the power plant where most electricity is generated by burning coal and also actively running nuclear power plants, every time you turn on a light, you may assist a created explosion and most assuredly what results as pollution.

Since half of the planet's former oil has been depleted and fossil fuels are scarce, our energy appetite allows utilities to promote nuclear power plants.

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instead of items that consume negligible fuel amounts may save more and there are methods to slow down these guzzlers of electricity.

Whether to boil a cup of water on an electric burner or microwave it, or wondering if lights wear out quicker by turning them off rather than leaving them on is a small part of the bigger picture and such trivia may only make a dime's worth of difference in your electric bill.

Use the electric cost calculator to gain a snapshot of estimated costs.  

Energy calculator Wattage Device ---------------------- COOLING ---------------------- 3500 (2.5-ton central AC) 1440 (large AC window unit) 900 (medium AC window unit) 500 (mini AC window unit) 100 (floor fan or box fan) 95 (52" ceiling fan, high) 75 (48" ceiling fan, high) 55 (36" ceiling fan, high) 24 (42" ceiling fan, low) ---------------------- APPLIANCES ---------------------- 5000 (clothes dryer or oven) 3800 (electric water heater) 1500 (toaster or microwave) 900 (coffee maker) 800 (range burner) 300 (refrigerator) ---------------------- LIGHTS ---------------------- 100 (100-watt light bulb) 60 (60-watt light bulb) 18 (compact fluor. light) ---------------------- COMPUTERS ---------------------- 240 (Computer + 17" CRT) 160 (Computer + 17" LCD) 45 (laptop computer) 120 (17" CRTmonitor) 40 (17" LCD monitor) 10 (Sleeping comp.+monitor) ---------------------- VIDEO GAMES ---------------------- 165 (XBox 360) 70 (XBox original) 30 (PlayStation 2) ---------------------- OTHER ---------------------- 75 (19" TV) 4 (clock radio, night light) 2 (DC transformer) Amount used per day 1 minute/day 5 minutes/day 15 minutes/day 30 minutes/day 1 hr./day 2 hrs./day 3 hrs./day 4 hrs./day 5 hrs./day 6 hrs./day 7 hrs./day 8 hrs./day 9 hrs./day 10 hrs./day 11 hrs./day 12 hrs./day 13 hrs./day 14 hrs./day 15 hrs./day 16 hrs./day 17 hrs./day 18 hrs./day 19 hrs./day 20 hrs./day 21 hrs./day 22 hrs./day 23 hrs./day 24 hrs./day Cost of Electric. March 2006 data ---------------------- 6¢ (ID,ND,NE,WV) 7¢ (KY,MO,OR,SD,TN,UT,WA,WY) 8¢ (AL,AR,AZ,DC,IL,IN, 8¢ KS,MD,MN,MT,OK,VA) 9¢ (CO,DE,GA,LA, 9¢ OH,MI,NC,NM,SC) 9.86¢ (U.S. National Average) 10¢ (IA,MS,PA,WI) 11¢ (FL,NJ,NV,Toronto) 12¢ (TX) 13¢ (VT) 14¢ (AK,CA,ME) 15¢ (NH) 16¢ (CT,NE,NY,RI) 18¢ (MA) 23¢ (HI) Days used per month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31   Kilowatt Hours used: kWh/mo. Cost per month: $ Cost per year: $ The calculated results are not to be taken as indicative of your cooperative or utility's in place rates. They are rather a sample listing of information that to a greater or lesser degree may correlate with regional headings. Electrical rates vary on a state to state basis in line with in place polices. Source:How they charge you