50 francs more a year: electricity is becoming more expensive in parts of eastern Switzerland; these tips are an easy way to save electricity



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Investments in hydropower drive St.Gallisch-Appenzellische Kraftwerke AG (SAK) to raise prices. Some tips for saving electricity at home are worth reminding you. Electricity consumers in Thurgau can, however, adapt to more or less stable prices, and at Technischen Betriebe Wil electricity is even slightly cheaper.

A large part of the energy in a private home is used in the kitchen.

A large part of the energy in a private home is used in the kitchen.

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St.Gallisch-Appenzellische Kraftwerke AG (SAK) had increased electricity prices by 2.7 percent for the current year 2020. Now it’s getting steeper: In 2021, SAK’s electricity prices will rise 6.1 percent. For an average household of four in a 5-room apartment with an electric stove and dryer, with an annual consumption of 4,500 kilowatt hours, this means additional costs of 4.30 francs a month, or about fifty bills a year.

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