This is a beautiful post, the crafting was majestic and the information was educational. Leaving bulbs and appliances on has been a thing, especially when we are given estimated power bills. The tables only turn when we get a prepaid meter that bills us based on consumption and that is when we start looking at power saving.

Have you considered getting energy-efficient devices, like LED bulbs that lights brighters but use 15W instead of 200W old sulphur vapour bulbs. They will drop your recharge cost even a lot more