Less clothes during the summer will keep you cooler and you can raise the AC temperature. Support Local Vendors - The stove uses more energy than the other appliances in your house. Eating out or using the microwave instead is an energy saving meal. Be Social - Instead of everybody watching Friends alone, watch it with friends. This way one TV is in use, not two or three or four.
Regular bulbs expend more energy heating a room than lighting it.
Check the cupboards and think about what's in the fridge, don't look. An open refrigerator door open uses more energy than a closed one. Open the Curtains - Save on heat by letting the sun do some of the work during the day. As you know, California is in the midst of an Energy Crisis that is threatening our state, the health and welfare of our citizens, and our economy. You may not be aware that Governor Davis and the California Legislature have passed the most ambitious conservation incentive program in the history of our nation.