So after two decades of getting invites to the Electric COOP meetings...

[Frank Lee]

I finally go to one. Mainly because they said there would be food.

Anyway, they had a lil display with different kinds of light bulbs and there was a Kill-A-Watt hooked up to it. Hmmm, forum people here and there saying Kill-A-Watt this and Kill-A-Watt that, you are a doof ifn ya dont buy one. So I axed em ifn I could borrow it and they said shure.

Free Kill-A-Watts! I bet lotsa yoos could borrow em from yer local utilities if yer too cheap ta buy one like I am.

They actually had some interesting things to say before we finally got our pie and ice cream. MUCH wind power being added so that was discussed, as well as consumer-owned wind generators and what's involved with that. And then there was a pic in their powerpoint presentation of the new billing girl!

[Ryland]

Every libery in my state has 3 energy meters each, you just have to ask at the desk and they give it to you with a fancy case and a little book on how to get the most out of it's use, pie is extra.

[Frank Lee]

Hmmm never thotta that.

Another interesting thing they said was "average monthly] residential usage was 1300 kwh". <I looked just like that and said I could be thier poster boy for conservation as I'm usually under 200 kwh/mo and in twenty years haven't gone over 350 (I don't think). So I sez to the guy next to me I sez, "does that sound right?" and he sez "I average 1300/mo". But then he went on to explain that he has two color TVs going 24/7... oh, and wunna them $400 magic electric space heaters...

[Ryland]

We were told in our wind and solar power classes that the average house used 900kwh per month, mine is around 400kwh for 3 people in the winter with an electric stove and electric hot water heater and some big fans on our furnace that run alot.

Originally Posted by Frank Lee

Hmmm never thotta that.

Another interesting thing they said was "average monthly] residential usage was 1300 kwh". <I looked just like that and said I could be thier poster boy for conservation as I'm usually under 200 kwh/mo and in twenty years haven't gone over 350 (I don't think). So I sez to the guy next to me I sez, "does that sound right?" and he sez "I average 1300/mo". But then he went on to explain that he has two color TVs going 24/7... oh, and wunna them $400 magic electric space heaters...