Wednesday 16 February 2011

Energy - smart monitors, and cheapness quests...

Nobody likes that moment when the quarterly utilities bill hits the mat. I think one reason for this is that we pay for our energy in arrears, and because much of the energy use is in the past, we can't quite remember what it is we're paying for. It's like a big shapeless lump of money hewn from the bank account every three months.

But that's all about to change with smart monitors - I tried one of these for the first time at the weekend, and I can safely say it will be a major contribution to money saving. Basically it lets's you know how much you're spending at any time. It gives a real insight into which appliances are easy on the juice, and which ones are costing you the money. Remember when your ma gave you a row that time you tried to dry a single pair of pants in the dryer? Well, she was justifiably angry - you'd just cost her at least 50p, you scoundrel.

With gas electricity suppliers providing these monitors on a pretty large scale these days, watch out for a new breed of energy savvy consumers emerging, and more and more tips being shared over the internet on how to save cash (e.g. off peak energy costs and so on).