Caught the electric bill doing pushups after I read a random Reddit comment

I was scrolling late last night and saw someone mention checking their utility's time-of-use rates. Thought it was boring at first, but I looked it up and my provider charges 14 cents per kWh during peak hours and 8 cents after 7pm. My laundry and dishwasher are now running at night. First month dropped my bill by $23. Not huge but it took zero effort. Anyone else have a utility perk they ignored for years?

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thomas.eva27d ago

How much did you actually save per load though? I keep seeing people say night laundry is a no brainer but nobody ever does the math on whether the savings are worth the hassle of remembering to switch stuff over before bed. Like if it's 6 cents off per kWh and a load uses maybe 2 or 3 kWh total, that's what, 15 cents a load? At that rate I'd need to run the washer like 150 times to hit your 23 bucks. Which makes me wonder if your savings came mostly from one specific appliance, like the dishwasher or maybe an AC unit, rather than the laundry at all. Did you track it per appliance or just watch the total bill go down and guess?

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