Tips on keeping summer electricity cost down. [Video]

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Staying cool this summer could be costly. “As temperatures increase, we’re going to try and keep our homes and businesses cool and comfortable,” Joe Holmes with Decatur Utilities shares. “Most heat pumps are designed to overcome about 20 degrees between the outside and the inside. So, when it’s 80 degrees outside, that’s not too hard being such a heat pump on whatever but you get up in the nineties and you try to keep it at 68 or 67 or 65 or even 72 that can put a lot of strain on the heat pump and cause it to work harder. and when it’s working harder, it uses more energy.

With a few adjustments, you can help keep those cost down starting with temperature control. “The Department of Energy …