Environmental

New Game Consoles to Cost U.S. Consumers $1 Billion in Annual Electric Bills

Xbox One, PS4 Guzzle Massive Amounts of Electricity Nationwide When No One’s Using Them

SAN FRANCISCO–(ENEWSPF)–May 16, 2014 – The latest-generation game consoles are on track to cost American consumers $1 billion annually in utility bills–$400 million of that in standby mode when no one is using them–and devour enough electricity to power all the homes in the nation’s fourth-largest city of Houston, according to a report released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council.

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