An electricity bill savings plan based on your real usage
Generic energy tips tell you to switch off lights. Your bill says something more useful: your rate, your standing charge, and when you use the most. Attach a few bills and your todo.is agent reads them, checks other tariffs in your area and ranks the changes that would save you the most.
The prompt
- Make an electricity bill savings plan for my home. I attached [MY BILLS]. My home: [HOME DETAILS]. Big appliances and habits: [APPLIANCES AND HABITS]. Read the bills and show my usage per month, my unit rate, standing or fixed charge, and any time-of-use pricing. Estimate which appliances use the most, with simple kWh math I can follow. Search for tariffs or plans available in [MY AREA] that might fit my usage, with links, and compare them to my current one. Then give me a ranked plan in a PDF: no-cost changes, cheap fixes under [SMALL BUDGET], and bigger upgrades with rough payback time, plus any government or utility programs I might qualify for, with sources. Mark every saving as an estimate. Set a reminder on the 1st of each month to send you my new bill so you can track progress.
What to change
- [MY BILLS]: PDFs or photos of 3–12 recent bills. More months show seasonal patterns better.
- [HOME DETAILS]: E.g. "2-bed apartment, 3 people, electric heating" or "house with gas heating, electric water heater".
- [APPLIANCES AND HABITS]: E.g. "tumble dryer 4x a week, gaming PC, chest freezer in garage, AC in summer, work from home".
- [MY AREA]: Country and region or postcode, e.g. "Texas, 78704" or "Manchester, UK".
- [SMALL BUDGET]: What you'd spend on quick fixes, e.g. "$100".
Example result
- Electricity savings plan, 3-bed house, 4 people
- Based on 6 bills (April–September) · all savings are estimates
- What your bills show
- • Average use: 780 kWh/month, highest in July (1,020 kWh, air conditioning)
- • Unit rate: 16.2 cents/kWh plus a fixed charge of $12/month
- • Your plan has no time-of-use pricing, so when you use power doesn't change the price today
- Where the kWh likely go
- • Tumble dryer: about 3 kWh per load × 16 loads = ~48 kWh/month (~$7.80)
- • Old chest freezer in the garage (about 15 years old): often 60–90 kWh/month (~$10–15)
- • Air conditioning in summer: the main reason July was 240 kWh above the average
- • Gaming PC 4 hours a day at ~400 W: ~48 kWh/month
- • Standby devices: TV box, consoles, chargers: ~20–30 kWh/month
- Free changes (start this week)
- • Set AC 1–2 °C warmer and use a fan in the evening: often 5–10% of cooling use
- • Air-dry clothes in summer, dryer only for towels: about $4 a month
- • Turn off consoles and the TV box at the wall with a power strip
- Cheap fixes (under $100)
- • Smart plug on the gaming setup to cut standby: about $15
- • Door seal check on the freezer (paper test), defrost if there's ice build-up
- • LED bulbs for the 6 most-used lights
- Bigger upgrades
- • Replace the old freezer with an efficient model: payback often 4–7 years, sooner if it's failing
- • Programmable thermostat for the AC: payback 1–2 summers
- Plans in your area
- • 4 plans compared in the PDF with links. A plan with a lower rate and no fixed charge would save about $90 a year at your usage. Check the contract length and exit fees before switching.
- Programs to check
- • Your utility's appliance recycling program and a state efficiency rebate, links in the PDF
How to do it with todo.is
- Copy the prompt and describe your home, appliances and habits.
- Paste it on the Today screen in todo.is and attach your recent bills as PDFs or photos.
- Your agent reads the bills, does the kWh math, compares plans in your area and writes a ranked PDF plan.
- Each month, send the new bill and it tracks whether your usage is going down.
Tips for a better result
- Send at least 6 months of bills, ideally 12. One summer bill alone makes air conditioning look like your whole problem.
- Read your meter at the same time on two days and send the numbers. It shows your always-on baseline better than any bill.
- Old fridges and freezers are often the biggest silent users. A cheap plug-in energy meter tells you exactly.
- Before switching plans, check exit fees, contract length and whether the low rate is only for a few months.
electricity bill savings plan: FAQ
- What uses the most electricity at home? Usually heating and cooling, water heating, tumble dryers, old fridges and freezers, and electric ovens. The real mix depends on your home, which is why the plan starts from your bills.
- Can todo.is switch my electricity plan for me? No. It compares plans and gives you links. You decide and switch yourself.
- How accurate are the savings estimates? They're rough estimates from typical appliance use and your rates. Your next bills are the real test, so the plan includes a monthly check-in.
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