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My electric consumption has sucked in my apartment.... I don't think we've ever gone below 1000 kWh in the past 6 months... why:
1. Electric Heater, Range, Oven
2. Old: Refrigerator, A/C <-- cant change - apartment
3. I'm willing to bet walls are poorly insulated <-- can't change - apartment
4. The weather has been abnormally hot (It's not even 11am and it's 73.6)
I'm on the second floor of a three story building - not sure if that means anything...
What I do to lower consumption
1. I don't use the dryer (my 2 room mates do)
2. Open windows/doors at night when the temp is cool enough (humidity requires it be extra cool)
3. CF bulbs throughout - even in refrigerator
4. Shut things down when not using them (TV, fans, computer)
5. I generally unplug phantom loads (it takes over 200 hours for my cell phone charger to register .01kWh on the kill-a-watt... and something like 175 for my laptop charger)
6. Insert something I'm forgetting...
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I'm curious of the 10% off deal will promote consumption... Kinda like the daycare that charges $5 for late pickup (the fine lead to more late pickups).
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