JoB
i haven’t lived here long enough to have an average…
and i don’t have the current bill.. just the one for Dec/Jan…
but our usage wasn’t that high.
We used 1949 kWh @ $118.65
There are two of us in about 2700 Sq ft… a main, bonus garage and finished basement…
We have electric hot water and oil heat… with electric wall heaters in the basement and bonus garage.
we are extremely careful about leaving lights on.. have changed the entire house out to low energy bulbs… and have made a sort of game of trying to keep energy usage down. But we do use almost the entire house… the bonus garage is only heated to 50.
We seldom use overhead lights and have low energy lamps on timers both upstairs and down…
reminds me.. i need to change the timers:)
that said, i can’t have a cold house and this place is poorly insulated… we often have to heat the basement.. where we spend the evenings and sleep. with electric wall heaters… and of course, the oil furnace does use electricity…
we have two computers that get constant use, we do watch televsion and use a DVR… i don’t have any of those on energy saving strips and they are pretty much constantly on…..
i have dogs who shed and i can’t seem to wear anything more than once without getting it soiled… so i am constantly washing clothing, bedding and rugs…. and about 25% of those loads have to be in hot water…
i drain my water tank of hot water at least twice a day for a hot soak in the tub… and probably use at least one tank more every day.. possibly two because i do use the dishwasher… and i use it.
i cook. We have an electric range.. a microwave… electric appliances…and i use the oven a lot.
our landlord does not believe in energy efficient appliances.
We may get a real surprise with the next bill… I am hoping for a positive one as we put the low energy bulbs in the overheads just before christmas..
but since we rarely use them it’s not likely to make much difference. The cold snap will though.
Looking at this. i am aware how much more we could be doing… if we were better.. we would. but i think this i s probably our current threshold:(