Comments on: How Much Electricity Do You Use? http://tightfistedmiser.com/2007/10/11/how-much-electricity-do-you-use/ Extreme Frugality - How to Live Well on Very Little Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:12:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: vh http://tightfistedmiser.com/2007/10/11/how-much-electricity-do-you-use/comment-page-1/#comment-6068 vh Sun, 21 Oct 2007 23:52:17 +0000 http://tightfistedmiser.com/2007/10/11/how-much-electricity-do-you-use/#comment-6068 My 10/19/07 power bill was $284.67for 1920 kilowatt-hours. That's down from $208.69 for 1960 kWh, billed on 9/17/07. Both billing periods included 110-degree days. I have an 1865-square-foot house and a swimming pool; AC kept at 80 or 82 in the daytime (do have to jack it down to 78 at night so I can sleep), CFLs in every fixture that will accept them, little or no TV (and TV on a light switch so it can be turned completely OFF), pool pump running a minimal number of hours, and lights always turned off when leaving a room. However, last March the bill was $64.00 fpr 700 kWh, with a gas bill (heating--we had freezing temperatures during that billing cycle) of $105.51 (summertime gas bill, with a gas stove & water heater, runs about $25). So...gives you a clue what it costs to make summertime in the Valley of the Sun tolerable. My 10/19/07 power bill was $284.67for 1920 kilowatt-hours. That’s down from $208.69 for 1960 kWh, billed on 9/17/07. Both billing periods included 110-degree days. I have an 1865-square-foot house and a swimming pool; AC kept at 80 or 82 in the daytime (do have to jack it down to 78 at night so I can sleep), CFLs in every fixture that will accept them, little or no TV (and TV on a light switch so it can be turned completely OFF), pool pump running a minimal number of hours, and lights always turned off when leaving a room.

However, last March the bill was $64.00 fpr 700 kWh, with a gas bill (heating–we had freezing temperatures during that billing cycle) of $105.51 (summertime gas bill, with a gas stove & water heater, runs about $25). So…gives you a clue what it costs to make summertime in the Valley of the Sun tolerable.

]]> By: Elizabeth http://tightfistedmiser.com/2007/10/11/how-much-electricity-do-you-use/comment-page-1/#comment-5379 Elizabeth Fri, 12 Oct 2007 06:02:22 +0000 http://tightfistedmiser.com/2007/10/11/how-much-electricity-do-you-use/#comment-5379 Funny that you should write about your energy bill today. So did I. Last month our Kwh usage was 848, down from 874 the previous month. Of course, we're a family of four in a 2,300 sf house and I'm home all day as a stay-at-home, work-at-home, school-at-home mom :-) Funny that you should write about your energy bill today. So did I. Last month our Kwh usage was 848, down from 874 the previous month. Of course, we’re a family of four in a 2,300 sf house and I’m home all day as a stay-at-home, work-at-home, school-at-home mom :-)

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