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Old 01-28-2013, 05:17 PM   #422 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by jamesqf View Post
OK. Per the US EIA, average residential electric use was 11,496 kWh per year. My actual use for the last year was 3380 kWh. So the average user could do 7 years of 15% annual reduction before reaching my current (still comfortable) usage level. And I could still add solar or wind generation, solar water heat (mine's electric), LED lighting, &c to reduce my use still further.
11,496 kWh averages nearly 1,000 kWh per month. Thats at or greater than my peak in July with refrigerated air, swimming pool and heavy electronics load.

I could see dropping 10, maybe 20% from my total (gas + electric) before adding generation to offset, but to expect 3 straight years of 15% reductions with just efficiency alone seems a bit of a stretch.