$1M Electricity Bill for Dept. of Labor ... In A Month

Conservation is for us little people, not our overlords. If you listen carefully you can hear them say, "Let them eat CFLs!" (pic via Wiki)

Federal Agency Headquarters Leave Lights On In DC - Washington, DC: "WASHINGTON (WUSA) -- Night after night, year after year, this nightside reporter observed lights left on in federal government buildings. So I decided to see just how much taxpayers were spending to keep empty buildings illuminated. For several months, we kept track of the lights left on in a dozen federal buildings, including the Departments of Commerce, Agriculture, Transportation and Energy always checking after 10 p.m., each on at least six occasions. ... The low end is about $200,000 a month. The high end more than a million. One month's electricity bill at the Department of Labor topped a MILLION dollars. That was a bill paid in July of last year. The month before, the department paid a bill of nearly $700,000. And utility costs of that magnitude are not unusual. Whoooo. That's too much!" exclaimed a taxpayer. Maybe the perception is, they want to tell the American people that we're always on," speculated another. The Department of Health and Human Services paid a bill last August of $799,000 for a month of service."