>>2 Speaks Wisdom. But Electicians have this distressing need to get paid, so here's some things you can do.
What other stuff's on the same circuit? TV? Microwave oven? Portable electric space heater? A big electric motor? A window AC? I used to live in a very old building and I could not run any two of the above. I learned to practice "Power Management". Turn off the TV before starting the microwave etc... , and never ever, use any power hungry device when my computer was on.
May Sparky, the deity of all that is electrical smile upon you.