{"id":39686,"date":"2014-10-30T15:48:28","date_gmt":"2014-10-30T19:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/?p=39686"},"modified":"2014-10-30T15:48:28","modified_gmt":"2014-10-30T19:48:28","slug":"no-permita-que-los-electrodomesticos-vampiros-le-den-una-mordida-a-su-presupuesto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/no-permita-que-los-electrodomesticos-vampiros-le-den-una-mordida-a-su-presupuesto\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop Vampire Appliances From Taking A Bite Out Of Your Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><html><br \/>\n  <head><br \/>\n    <META http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/META><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}<\/p>\n<p>BODY {\nFONT-SIZE: 0.83em; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: \"Arial\"\n}\nA {\nCOLOR: blue\n}\n#divWide\n{\nmargin:0;\nmargin-top:1.33em;\n}\nLI {\nFONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: \"Arial\"\n}\n<\/style>\n<p><\/head><br \/>\n  <body topmargin=\"0\" leftmargin=\"0\"><br \/>\n    <\/p>\n<div id=\"divHeadline\" style=\"width:800px;margin-left:10pt\">\n      <!-- #Begin headline --><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\">\n        <b>Stop Vampire Appliances From Taking A Bite Out Of Your Budget <\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<p>           <!-- #End headline -->\n    <\/div>\n<div id=\"divBody\" style=\"width:800px;margin-left:10pt\">\n      <!-- #Begin release --><br \/>\n<!-- #Begin Wide Release --><\/p>\n<div id=\"divWide\">\n<p>SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30, 2014 \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; With any number of spooky creatures wandering around Northern and Central California this week, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&amp;E) is helping its customers shield their energy bills from budget-sucking Vampire Appliances.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unlike their fanged cousins, Vampire Appliances suck away money from customers&#8217; wallets day <i>and <\/i>night by using energy even when they appear to be turned off,&#8221; said Tim Fitzpatrick, PG&amp;E&#8217;s chief communications officer. <\/p>\n<p>Every year, these budget-suckers account for about 10 percent of an average household&#8217;s energy bill, according to the Association of Energy Services Professionals, and idle gadgets waste more than 100 billion kilowatt hours of electricity\u2014costing consumers a terrifying $10 billion each year, reports the Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n<p>To help raise awareness of the threat posed by Vampire Appliances, PG&amp;E is announcing its list of Top Ten Vampire Appliances for 2014, in order of their energy-sucking appetite:<\/p>\n<ol type=\"1\">\n<li>Flat Screen TVs <\/li>\n<li>Home Computers (Laptops and Desktops) <\/li>\n<li>Video Game Consoles <\/li>\n<li>Digital Video Recorders <\/li>\n<li>Cable Boxes <\/li>\n<li>Cable Modems <\/li>\n<li>Laser Printers <\/li>\n<li>DVD Players <\/li>\n<li>Cell Phone\/Tablet Chargers <\/li>\n<li>Small Appliances &#8211; Microwave\/Toaster Oven\/Coffee Maker<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&#8220;While garlic and wooden stakes won&#8217;t kill this waste, we want to pass along our Top Five Anti-Vampire Appliance Tips that every household can use to save potentially hundreds of dollars every year,&#8221; Fitzpatrick said. <\/p>\n<p>Among the top five tips PG&amp;E is recommending that every household adopt are:<\/p>\n<ol type=\"1\">\n<li><b>Unplug:<\/b> Unplug appliances, electronics and chargers that aren&#8217;t in use or turn them off using an inexpensive power strip. <\/li>\n<li><b>Buy Smart: <\/b>By spending as little as $20 for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pgecurrents.com\/2014\/04\/17\/drive-a-stake-through-energy-vampires-with-advanced-power-strips\/\" target=\"_blank\">advanced power strip<\/a>s households can achieve energy savings of nearly 50 percent. <\/li>\n<li><b>Go Green:<\/b> The more energy efficient appliances aren&#8217;t simply good for the environment, they will help save you money. <\/li>\n<li><b>Home Energy Check-Up:<\/b> Consider taking a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pge.com\/en\/myhome\/saveenergymoney\/analyzer\/index.page\" target=\"_blank\">home energy check-up<\/a>. It will help you learn more about your energy usage so you can become an even smarter energy consumer. <\/li>\n<li><b>Auto-Power Down: <\/b>Turn on an automatic power-down feature on your TV or Game Consoles and set the right predetermined inactivity level for your household.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>For more budgeting tips, and other ways to save and conserve energy please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pge.com\/saveenergymoney\" target=\"_blank\">www.pge.com\/saveenergymoney<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><b>About PG&amp;E<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pge-corp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">PG&amp;E Corporation<\/a> (NYSE:PCG), is one of the largest combined natural gas and electric utilities in the United States. Based in San Francisco, with more than 20,000 employees, the company delivers some of the nation&#8217;s cleanest energy to nearly 16 million people in Northern and Central California. For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pge.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.pge.com<\/a>\/ and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pge.com\/about\/newsroom\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.pge.com\/about\/newsroom\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pgecurrents.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.pgecurrents.com<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pacificgasandelectric\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pacificgasandelectric<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/pge4me\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/pge4me<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/pacific-gas-and-electric-company\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/pacific-gas-and-electric-company<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/pgevideo\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/pgevideo<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- #End Wide Release --><\/p>\n<div id=\"divMediaContact\">\n<p>\n  <\/body><br \/>\n<\/html> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stop Vampire Appliances From Taking A Bite Out Of Your Budget SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30, 2014 \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; With any number of spooky creatures wandering around Northern and Central California this week, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&amp;E) is helping its customers shield their energy bills from budget-sucking Vampire Appliances. &#8220;Unlike their fanged [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-interes-humano"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39686\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}