{"id":235,"date":"2026-05-25T18:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T16:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/journalists\/?p=235"},"modified":"2026-05-25T18:36:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T16:36:00","slug":"how-to-save-20-on-your-monthly-electricity-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/journalists\/how-to-save-20-on-your-monthly-electricity-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"How to save 20% on Your Monthly Electricity Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The example: My monthly bill is R3 700 on average. I want to control 2 fridges, 3 geysers, 2 air fryers, 2 kettles and 2 sets of household lights in such a manner that I can save at least R740 per month on my electricity bill.<\/p>\n<p>The Experts Answer from Stratlec: R3,700 a month is a substantial bill, even by 2026 standards. In South Africa, where tariffs have been rising aggressively, you are likely consuming roughly 850\u2013950 kWh per month.<\/p>\n<p>Shelly Pro 1PM<br \/>\nTo get your bill down, we need to focus on the \u201cEnergy Big Three\u201d: Heating, Cooling, and Phantom Loads.<\/p>\n<p>We will be using Shelly automation devices from local online store, Stratlec \u2013 based in Gqeberha, to bring that bill down. Remember \u2013 if you can measure something you can control it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Full Article:<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/stratlec.co.za\/save-r740-per-month-on-a-r3700-per-month-electricity-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/stratlec.co.za\/save-r740-per-month-on-a-r3700-per-month-electricity-bill\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Contact Alan Straton<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MyPE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/MyPE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/alanstraton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/alanstraton\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/MyPEco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/facebook.com\/MyPEco<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alanstraton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alanstraton\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><strong>&#8216;Advertise&#8217; Your Article for free:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/journalists\/submit\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE<\/strong><\/a> to drop a link and short description to your published work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The example: My monthly bill is R3 700 on average. I want to control 2 fridges, 3 geysers, 2 air fryers, 2 kettles and 2 sets of household lights in such a manner that I can save at least R740 per month on my electricity bill. The Experts Answer from Stratlec: R3,700 a month is &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,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[23],"class_list":["type-post","category-journalists","tag-stratlec-online","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/journalists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/journalists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/journalists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/journalists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/journalists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/journalists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":238,"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/journalists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235\/revisions\/238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/journalists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/journalists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/journalists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}