As prices rise, people are looking for ways to save on everything from food to energy bills.  

The U.S. national average shows electricity costs were up 8 percent in January from a year earlier, and states like Hawaii, Illinois, New York, and Florida saw increases as high as 15 percent for energy. 

Take a look some ways people have found to shrinking their electricity bills.

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