The power consumption on a global scale is escalating at a faster rate than can be arranged and provided for. The find for an alternate source of energy is always being contemplated along with the absolute need to minimise the excess waste of energy and money. The effect of global warming and greenhouse gases is a concern in terms of the environment, but effective means to minimise this excess of carbon footprints can be developed and implemented from a very nominal stage.

The energy that is generated by the power plants for transmission to households and industries dealing in heavy electrical machinery end up unused and lost during the transmission itself. The machinery ends up heated and drawing up excess power in order to make up for the deficit supply of power. This also reduces the life expectancy of the machinery. The effective measures can be undertaken with the simplest of approaches. The measures might not be cutting the bills in a drastic manner but yet is realistic and comes up with variable outputs.

The effective means to save on power bill can begin with switching off devices that are not needed or are lying unused. This measure may look to be too minimal in comparison to a hefty electricity bill, but, is highly essential to switch off idle devices, for minimising the standby power consumption or ‘phantom load’ of plugged in devices. The next comes is the usage of modern illumination devices in the form LEDs. LEDs are improved means of environment-friendly illumination than the previous counterparts of CFLs and electric light bulbs. The energy is used less and heat dissipated is also less, consuming up to 20% less. 

When it comes to finding the most effective means of reducing the electric bill count, the focus remains in the key areas of heavy electricity consuming devices like heating and cooling devices, water heaters and large appliances in the form of motors and pumps. A thermostat enabled heating or cooling device help maintains and regulates the temperature in a room. Unused room’s vents can be closed to prevent wastage of electricity. Also, energy starred devices help reduce the electricity consumption. The insulated water heating devices also prevent over usage of electricity through the prevention of repeated heating of water in cold climes and lower the electric bill.

Another way that has come up of late is the introduction of Electric Savers. The electric savers are devices that ensure the power that is lost during transmission is accumulated and made to flow back into devices. Mostly power gets lost while in transmission from transformers to households or in factory fitted machinery circuitry. The end user machinery tends to heat and end up drawing a lot more power than it was intended to. An electric saver device helps save up to 25%. Also having the feature of an inbuilt power surge protector protects the devices that the electric saver is attached to from spikes in electric current.