In these time of global economic turbulence people are looking for way to cut their household expenditure significantly in anticipation of a global recession. One of a households biggest outgoings are the energy bills and namely the electricity bill.

The majority of people pay far to much for their electricity than necessary, so below amounts of I have compiled some of the top tips that if put into practise will greatly lower your electricity bill.

Buy your electricity through an on line tariff ;

The cheapest electricity tariffs that are available are on line tariffs. This is for the simple reason of costs. If you think of getting billed in the traditional manner there are many more costs involved. These included employing someone to come and read you meter, as well as employing all of the administration necessary to print and send out all of the bills.

Because on line tariffs have none of this extra cost associated with them, these cost savings are passed on to you the consumer resulting in a lower electricity bill. The cheapest online tariff has been provided by British Gas for a number of years now. Its latest and cheapest tariff is its Click Energy 6 tariff which you can learn about here.

Duel Fuel Discounts

Duel fuel discounts have been offered to customers for quite some time now. The reason that the electricity companies will offer these extra discounts is because it is relatively cheap to acquire you as an existing customer as a pose to employing big marketing campaign's. Because of the relative cheapness and ease of gaining more custom from you electricity companies will offer you lower rates for opting to take both your gas and electricity bill from them.

Direct Debit Discounts ;

Direct debit discounts have been in operation for quite some time now as well, but there are still many people who pay their bills through the traditional paper bill method. The reason for the discount is because if you pay your bills via direct debit you lower the risk of not paying your bill. One of the things that electricity companies hate is chasing you up for money because it takes time and can be expensive so, the offer discounts for those people who pay by direct debit.

If you have not already, you should seriously think about putting these methods into practise as they will greatly lower that electricity bill. I have compiled an impressive free report that expands on and discusses many other ways you can greatly lower your electricity bill on my website.