Utah’s top Christmas lights displays— yes, even Temple Square — are using less electricity these days

Once upon a time, the average Utahn would have used as much electricity lighting their roofline for Christmas as the typical Ethiopian would have used in an entire year.But thanks to power-saving light emitting diode bulbs, known as LEDs, adding holiday sparkle can mean a slight uptick in the average household’s December electric bill — an increase roughly equivalent to running two extra loads of laundry.LED Christmas lights, according to the U.S. Department of Energy, use on average