This post is sponsored by Evergy.
My air conditioning has been working hard. I’m doing laundry, kids on electronics, and I see dollar bills flying out the window with all of our energy usage. I’ve tried to be mindful of ways to conserve energy and incorporate them into our family’s routine to help us save money.
Evergy has many tools online that can help you assess your current energy usage and give you insight into easy things you can do around your house to save money on your next bill.
Energy Analyzer
A personalized dashboard with multiple tools that shows where you are using the most energy in your home, and helps you develop energy efficient habits. Login to your Evergy account to see a customized analysis of your energy usage including the following:
- Analyze My Usage – Discover how much each type of appliance impacts your energy bill. Our top 3 categories were cooling, laundry and electronics.
- Usage and Cost Trends – Monitor how your usage and costs change by hour, day, month or even year to year.
- Compare My Bill – This shows you how your bill compares to previous months and similar homes.
- Year-End Report – A convenient way to view a whole-year summary of your energy usage, bills and payments.
- Energy Savings Tips – Find ways to save with personalized energy-saving tips based on your profile and usage.
Rate Comparison Tool
Evergy offers a variety of rate plan options to fit each household’s lifestyle. You can use the Rate Comparison Tool to view the different plans and choose the one that saves you the most money. We are on the Default Time Based Rate Plan where we get a set rate most of the day, plus earn bill discount credits for electricity used overnight. (Tip: I set my dishwasher to run overnight most days!) This plan has a small increase in price from 4 p.m. – 8 p.m. on energy every day, so I try to minimize heavy energy usage during the peak time period to help reduce our bill.
Interactive Home Tips
Looking for more money-saving tips? Evergy provides a tips library that walks customers through rooms in the house and suggests ways to lower energy usage.
A few easy, small changes I found were:
- Switch out all lightbulbs to LED
- Unplug devices such as cell phones and tablets when they are fully charged. To save time, you could put devices on a power strip that can be easily switched off.
- Control your thermostat settings. During the summer, each degree you set your thermostat above 75 degrees cuts your cooling costs by about 3 percent. During the winter, lowering your settings by 1 degree for at least eight hours will save you about 1 percent on your energy bill.
- Read 8 more ways to save money on your energy bill.
Evergy Mobile App
Stay connected with your energy use and bill history while out and about this summer with your kids. It’s an easy way to report a power outage, review your usage for the month or even pay your bill! Download it now.
Affordable energy is important to Evergy as is it is to all of us. Everyone at Evergy has been working hard across its entire company to decrease our total energy rates by 3% since 2017. Evergy employees, who are our KC neighbors and friends, are still working hard every day to find ways to control their costs so they can pass those savings on to us. Learn more about Evergy’s commitment to affordable energy at
Evergy.com/KCMoms.
