Even when household appliances are turned off, most are still using some electricity. Appliances are either in passive standby mode (the clock on the microwave is still ticking) or active standby mode (the VCR is off, but programmed to record something).
These numbers are for average standby modes, showing how much electricity is sucked out annually, in kilowatt hours, and what it cost you assuming 11cents per kilowatt hour, Red lines show passive standby mode and Blue lines show active standby mode
