I just got a Kill A Watt power meter and have been playing with it to see how much electricity all my stuff uses. It is a lot of fun to go around testing all your appliances and devices.
To find out how much stuff costs to run, you need to know your electric rate. I THOUGHT our rate was 22.5 cents per kwh. I looked at our bill and realized most of the cost is not from the use rate but by all the other charges. In July, our net usage was 647 kwh for a $312 bill. Only $118 that was due to the direct metered usage. I took the total bill and divided by the kwh used and got 48 cents per kwh. I checked the past months and noticed that since Oct '07 (37 cents) the rate has steadily been increasing.
We use Kaua'i Island Utililty Cooperative for power. I was curious what HECO users pay. Is it close to 48 cents/kwh?
I think I need to add more solar panels to the roof or conserve more. We are making about half of the electricity that we used. Since those extra charges on the bill are also related to usage, we should try to bring our net usage down to zero.
To find out how much stuff costs to run, you need to know your electric rate. I THOUGHT our rate was 22.5 cents per kwh. I looked at our bill and realized most of the cost is not from the use rate but by all the other charges. In July, our net usage was 647 kwh for a $312 bill. Only $118 that was due to the direct metered usage. I took the total bill and divided by the kwh used and got 48 cents per kwh. I checked the past months and noticed that since Oct '07 (37 cents) the rate has steadily been increasing.
We use Kaua'i Island Utililty Cooperative for power. I was curious what HECO users pay. Is it close to 48 cents/kwh?
I think I need to add more solar panels to the roof or conserve more. We are making about half of the electricity that we used. Since those extra charges on the bill are also related to usage, we should try to bring our net usage down to zero.
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