How to Lower Your Monthly Tech Bills

My mother will run her air conditioning from dusk until the next morning on weekdays or middle or the next afternoon on weekends-then complain about how high the damn bill is! The same goes for her lights and TVs. Every since I was little I was running around turning off TVs with nobody to watch them or lights with nobody to read by them.
You can really save with the ac by just bearing the heat a little more sometimes and using standing fans but if it gets to be too humid like 90 or above my air usually goes on lol.
You can also leave your ac on for several hours then turn it off and use standing fans- the room will be cool for hours. I've actually gotten in the habit of waking up in the middle of the night most nights doing that.

This article contains many gross errors:
1. Electricity rates are expressed in kwh (kilowatt hours) - there is no factor for time of day - morning electricity is priced the same as afternoon or evening electricity. Just look at your electricity meter - do you see a clock? Your bill is based on what those little wheels indicate for the amount of kwh consumed during the billing period. (Same for your water meter or gas meter - again no clock!)
2. Cable systems are not interchageable - the investment made by a cable company to string wires or build transmission towers is so great that there is little incentive for the company to make that investment without a guarantee that it has a monopoly on your house - it's called a franchise and is issued by your city or county government. If you live in city "X" (or in some specific area of a large city), there is only 1 company from whom you may obtain cable service for TV or Internet access.
Yes you can obtain telephone service (from another franchised organization) and you can obtain Internet access from another source (DSL, dial-up, satellite) but there is only one cable company servicing your house.
3. I saw very little mention of using fluorescent lighting vs incandescent - why pay for operating a 75 watt incandescent light when a 23 watt compact fluorescent light (CFL) produces the same number of lumens (a measure of light) for 1/3 of the cost? Yes, there is a matter of hazardous disposal of CFL's, but that is not the subject of this article.
4. Get rid of that 10-year old refrigerator - you will save enough money to pay for a new refrigerator in less than three years! Same for that old clothes washer and dryer - they still do an adequate job, but the operating costs of a set of new ones are significantly less. And check your water heater - is it insulated and is it less than 10 years old - more opportunities for saving money.
5. Spend $25 to get a new programmable thermostat for your HVAC (heating, ventilation, air conditioning) system so that it doesn't run all day at high output.
6. How many chargers (cell phone, camera, etc.) and transformers (paper shredder, computer printer, modems, etc.) and various "instant-on" devices such as TV's, radios, computers, etc., are plugged in all of the time - every one of these consume electricity constantly - I'll bet that there are at least a dozen in every home. Disconnect all of these except when they are in actual use, leaving only emergency lighting, rechargeable flashlights, telephone systems, alarm systems, and other stuff you might need in an emergency.

I have never heard of daytime rates being higher during the day, as the other comment also stated. I know it goes up where I live on a "tier" system, get's higher and higher when you get to the different "tier", I guess its punishment for using too much!

Most of the ideas are interesting but also come on and live life, I never turn off my computer...and if I'm hot I turn on the air but also as someone also stated run it for an hour with fans, keep the door closed and it can stay cool, least here in S.Ca.

Boy they are really pumping watching TV online, k aol!