Save money with Entergy Mississippi's hot weather tips

JACKSON, Miss. - Although summer ushers in another round of extreme temperatures, utility customers don't have to sweat their bills. Small changes can help consumers reduce heavy usage and lower costs.

"Keeping your home comfortable often requires more energy during the summer and winter months," said Robbin Jeter, Entergy Mississippi vice president of customer service. "We learned during this past volatile winter that being prepared is the key to reducing energy use without sacrificing comfort."

Entergy encourages customers to use these seven tips to save money while staying cool:

  • Set your thermostat to 78 degrees or the highest comfortable temperature. Each degree cooler than 78 will increase your bill as much as 3 percent.
  • Circulate the cool air in your home with ceiling, oscillating or box fans. The average ceiling fan makes a room feel seven degrees cooler.
  • Use kitchen and bathroom exhaust fans to remove excess heat and humidity caused by cooking, laundering and bathing. High humidity makes our bodies hold more heat.
  • Avoid using the stove if possible and consider grilling outside instead.
  • Use dishwashers, washing machines and dryers - which add heat and moisture to your home - during the coolest part of the day.
  • Don't block air vents with curtains, shades or furniture.
  • Turn off unnecessary lights during hot weather and consider switching to cooler, energy-efficient fluorescent bulbs where light is needed.

Additional Save Me Money videos are available at entergysavings.com. The interactive, do-it-yourself  tutorials teach vital home weatherization techniques, such as installing programmable thermostats, caulking windows and doors, changing air filters and installing insulation to name a few.

Entergy Mississippi, Inc. provides electricity to approximately 441,000 customers in 45 counties. It is a subsidiary of Entergy Corporation. Entergy Corporation is an integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power production and retail distribution operations. Entergy owns and operates power plants with approximately 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity, including more than 10,000 megawatts of nuclear power, making it one of the nation's leading nuclear generators. Entergy delivers electricity to 2.8 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Entergy has annual revenues of more than $11 billion and approximately 14,000 employees.

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