Google Play Services battery drain topic

I assume that others are having this issue, and wondering if there is some fix I may be missing short of turning off location services (find them helpful and don't feel I should have to cripple my device for battery savings). I believe it is linked to it using WiFi networks to search for my location, although my WiFi is toggled off. This across all ROMs I have tried, though randomly it doesnt happen but always returns.

Thought it would be helpful to have a place to have open discussion on this issue and see others impressions.

Thoughts, suggestions, fixes?