This week’s green task has been to turn lights off when I am not using them.  I think I have been doing a pretty good job at it and will continue to watch my electricity use.  I am going to deviate a little bit from this week’s challenge and write about a slightly different subject today.  Ashley asked me to write a bit about phantom charges and I am going to oblige.  I am going to bring it one step further and ask that this topic be made into next week’s challenge.

I do think that turning lights off is very important for reducing your impact on the environment, but I think there are some major changes that could be made in our house by reducing the phantom electricity charges.  Ashley indicated that we could reduce our electricity output by 10% just by reducing this kind of charge.  I know we have plenty of appliances that suck electricity unnecessarily.

We will surely see a smaller electricity bill next month, but I wonder if we can drive it down even further?  Turning our lights off will reduce our energy bill and I think we can reduce it even further by helping stop these phantom charges.

So, I think I have been doing pretty good with this week’s green challenge and look forward to my next one.  I hope my wife will allow my first request for a challenge next week.  I am hoping we can make a big difference!  Tell me your story in the comment area below.