How is changing the date to switch to daylight saving time going to help save energy?

Question

We are springing forward; example 5am will be 6am. It’s still going to be dark so the lights will be on because the sun does not rise in most places until 7am which will be 8am and most people are already out of their houses to work or school.
And the way the weather is this late in February we should still expect the cold in March, so we will still be heating up homes and buildings

Answer 1

For the rationale see the web site below. It goes into more detail.

Answer 2

Honestly, it really isn't going to save energy. The sun does not rise early enough in March and daylight saving time will push sunrise times to 7:30 A.M. or later for many locations in the United States so people will be turning on lights in the morning. Congress has partially revisited the failed daylight saving experiment in the 1970's when clocks were put forward in early January of 1974 to offset the Arab oil embargo. The result? Pitch black winter mornings with sunrises well after 8:00 A.M. in many locations. On March 11, you will notice how dark it is in the morning. One bit of good news is that the Dept. of Energy is required to study the energy saving effect of extended daylight saving time 9 months after it takes effect. If no energy savings are realized, Congress may revert back to the old schedule (first Sunday in April-last Sunday in October).

Answer 3

People will be sleeping when it's dark instead of getting ready to go to work and turning on lights they won't need if they got up one hour later.