Electric bills are rising due to people having to work from home

Electric bills are rising due to people having to work from home

15 at five... 3 since the start of the pandemic, families have had to hunker down at home whether the're working from home or quarantining.

But staying at home for such a long period of time has hurt millions of americans financially.

News 1's princess jhane stepherson-lowry tells us how.

Princess jhanea recent public opinion poll by gallop says that 56% of americans are now working from home due to the pandemic and because of that electric bills are skyrocketting.

I spoke with lafayette utlities systems conservation specialist garrison harrison - he offers his top three tips on how to keep your electric bill low.harrison sot"one, le's address those temperatures with the thermostat and raise them if we can.

Two we want to see if we have adequate insulation.

Just a third, if you have any incandescent lighting just change those over to le's."harrison says these are easy fixes that will save you a lot of money.

Lafayette native kenny bell is a music producer - the pandemic forced him to buy new studio equipment for his home, he says his utility bill is going up.bell sot"like a hundred dollars, like eighty-nine, ninety dollars a month, something like that.

So i's like at one fifty, one fifty, one seventy-nine something like that that i have to pay."now that bel's electric bill has doubled he says he has to sell candy to make up for the increase.and with summer approaching residents are likely to turn up the ac ...harrison sot"be mindful of your temperature.

Of course, you know kids are runnig in and out of the house so if yo're leaving the doors open for a long time during summer of course all of that cool conditioned air insode of your home is going to escape through the doors."

Harrison says you can also save money by sealing your windows and doors in your home, in lafayette, princess jhane stepherson-lowry, news 3 15.

Harrison says lus has a rain barrel program for things like watering your garden or washing your car ... he says of