Ever seen those "check your credit report for free" advertisements? Know that you shouldn't actually click on them? Or for that matter never ever authorize your bank to watch your credit score for you? If you are one of those unfortunate few

The results are in. The verdict from PG&E says my Electricity bill dropped by $274.39. Phew! if only I knew about this awhile back. Hopefully, this information would be useful to somebody else.

Just to give you an idea of how crazy I feel at the moment to divulge the details of my successful mission to lower energy usage in my home.

Jolted by a huge PG&E bill, I went around an energy conservation effort by using these techniques.

After a lot of research all over the Internet I decided to spend couple of bucks (I'm in a $$$ saving mode, what am I doing spending more money?) to help me measure more accurately and scientifically rather than running from Circuit breaker to the electricity meter every now and then. The list came down to just three gadgets