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holy tamole...

I think we use around 700-1000/month most months. who is using 4000/month?



Replying to myself:

I guess... there's only two adults in the house here, and a 2000 sq ft house with two heating/cooling units (up/down) and relatively modern windows/sealing.

I think this month will be 1200, and I think we'll have a couple more 1000-1200 kw/h months up ahead.

EDIT: https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/use-of-energy/electricit.... This shows the average being 10500 kw/h/year, which seems to be in line with our use case. That average is including all housing types (apartments, detached homes, etc).


1) big houses in the south with lots of AC.

2) at least one house in Pittsburgh that runs a few GPU servers for its owner's startup. ;) (not quite 4000, but over 3000 this month including our normal use and ac)


I live in a 1900sqft house of 4 people (and lots of electronics) in FL and we used 2477kwh last billing period. Our low period is about 1370kwh.


Our lowest/highest are 1800/3300 for a 6 adult FL household. Our lower number was 1700 but our winters keep warming.




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