5 Ways to Save While Keeping Your Resolutions

Thinking about your New Year's resolutions? You can make them easy to keep and save energy at the same time. Here's how:

• Get in shape. Install a low-flow shower head and reward yourself with a long hot shower after your workout, while saving energy, water and money, too.
• Watch less TV. Turn off the TV and reduce phantom power. Advanced power strips cut power to all electronics, by just turning off one control device.
• Keep your house clean. Save time, energy and keep a clean house with a new energy-efficient dishwasher. It's quicker, easier and typically uses less energy than washing by hand.
• Program your thermostat. Spending a few minutes to program your thermostat can help keep your house comfortable and save you money. Better yet, purchase and install an ENERGY STAR®-certified smart thermostat to let the thermostat adjust to energy saving temperatures. Plus, they qualify for a $75 SWEPCO rebate.
• Read more. Make it easier to read more books by switching to high-efficiency cool white LEDs. Research shows that reading speed and stamina improve at color temperatures closer to daylight.

It's a new year. Make it even better by keeping your resolutions and saving energy.

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