Energy Usage

Wise Usage

Using energy wisely helps you lower your energy costs, and helps Boone Electric provide stable rates and reliable energy now and into the future. By using energy wisely the generating capacity can be optimized in order to postpone building costly new power plants. So everything you do to reduce your energy use not only helps us manage growth, it also helps you manage your energy budget.

ENERGY EFFICIENCY – THE CONCEPT OF USING LESS ENERGY TO PERFORM THE SAME TASK

Home Energy Saving Tips

  • Leaving unnecessary lights on increases energy costs
  • Turn off computers and other office equipment when not being used, especially overnight and weekends
  • Heating your home to higher than 68° in the winter or cooling it below 78° in the summer costs extra (savings vary with extreme cold or hot outdoor temperature)
  • Taking extra long showers runs up the water heating (and water/sewer) bills

Watt:

All devices require a specific amount of wattage to operate properly. (Example: perhaps a small space heater requires about 1,000 watts)

Kilowatt: Basic unit of electrical power. A kilowatt equals 1,000 watts. (Example: the small space heater requires 1 kilowatt)

Kilowatt-hour (kWh): One kilowatt of power used for one hour equals one kilowatt-hour. (Example: the small space heater, left on for one hour, uses 1 kilowatt-hour. At 10 cents per kWh, that heater costs $2.40 per day and $72 per month if on continuously.)

Home Energy Use Guide