Low-Hanging Electrical Fruit

According to DOE, residences in Ohio consume abut 30 percent of all electricity in the state. Residential lights are about 11 percent of that 30 percent or about 3.3 percent of the total. Compact fluorescent lights (CFL) can cut light usage by about 3/4. If all incandescent bulbs in Ohio homes were replaced by CFLs, Ohio’s electricity usage would drop about 21/2 percent. Not much, but a good contribution since the state is looking to drop usage about half of a percent per year