I'm impressed.

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The new central air/heat system has a programmable thermostat that is set to recommended standard energy-saving settings. It didn't really make the ambient temperature that much warmer - just a few degrees. We also replaced all our light bulbs with cool-burning compact fluorescent lights. Our electric bill last year at this time was over $300. This year, August's bill was $150, including lizard and fish lighting and filters equipment. It would probably be even less than that if I threw out the obnoxious halogen lamp and replaced it with a CF lamp, and made sure to turn off any light I wasn't using. Maybe we can get the bill under $100 by next August.