This article is part of a series on saving money on electricity.
This is the final post in our series on cutting household electricity costs.
The last area to tackle is standby power — the small but constant draw from devices that are switched off but still plugged in.
Although standby power is often the smallest portion of household consumption, it’s one of the easiest wastes to eliminate. In many cases the solution is as simple as flicking a switch.
Standby power typically makes up about 3% to 10% of a household’s total electricity use. Using an example average Australian daily consumption of 20 kWh, removing standby loads could reduce annual use by roughly 219–730 kWh.
At 26 cents per kilowatt-hour, that equates to savings of approximately $57 to $190 a year — straightforward money you don’t need to spend.
