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September 01, 2022 (Last Updated: March 06, 2023) | Reading Time: About 1 minute

Monitoring your home electricity use is a great way to save money. Once you know which devices are using the most electricity, you can take steps to reduce your electricity bill. This page will help you get started with monitoring your home electricity use.

This modern LED lightbulb consumes 1/10th the energy of old-school incandescent bulbs.

In addition, you can use your MQTT bus to control your home automation system based on events in your home electricity usage.

For example, you can have a warning sound turn on when your electricity usage exceeds a certain threshold.

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