The Complete Guide to Reducing Energy Costs (Consumer Reports: You Need to Know) Cooling your home is costing more this summer season. The Energy Information Administration, the statistical division of the U.S. Department of Energy, predicts that the price of electricity will climb about 2.6 percent during 2007. If your are a typical energy consumer then you will pay $150 for electricity to run central air conditioning in a 2,000 square-foot house in each of the summer months in 2006. Some recommendations from energy experts work better in some areas of the country than others. For example, in suburban and rural areas, nights tend to be cooler than in the cities of concrete and blacktop, so homeowners can open their windows after sunset and use a whole-house fan to bring cool air into the house rather than keeping the air conditioners cranked.

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