How much Electricity do you use in a year...?

[seamusuk]

Hey Guys
This is our usage in KWh for the last year. The meter was installed on Zero exactly a year prior. We have a 2 bed all electric flat with off peak storage and water heating.....
register 1 is day and register 2 is off peak
Seamus

 

[passatdoc]

about 3500 KWH a year

 

[jerrod6]

I logged on to my account and added up the kWh for the last 12 months. The total is 6,966 Kwh. I use electric for lights, computer, TV, and oven. I heat the house and water with natural gas, cooktop is natural gas also.

 

[xraytech]

Last year I consumed10,078 kWh of electric

 

[foraloysius]

2718 kWh. I live alone. One of the culprits is my waterbed. The floor of the bedroom is for a small part over the outside stairs. I measured the temperatures of it outside, my part is 12.2*C, on the neighbours' side is 10.5*C. I guess I'm warming up the earth! lol

 

[mark_wpduet]

Mine for last year

was 15522. I'm all electric. No gas.

 

[DADoES]

 
12/27/2013 thru 12/25/2014 = 18,667 KWH

Lowest-use month (3/27/2014 to 4/25/2014) = 991 KWH

Highest-use month (7/28/2014 to 8/26/2014 = 2229 KWH

 

[gusherb]

The entire year of 2014 was...

11,536 Kwh's over here. Running a pool filter during the summer months. NG heat and dryer, electric range.

 

[chachp]

I had no idea what I was using!

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">I never really thought about this for an entire year.  I added mine up and I'm at 17,190 KWH for the year.  Gas Heat and Hot water.  Everything else is electric.  Looks like I could use some Solar panels.  </span>

 

[g3bill]

about 4500k a year, live alone and gas stove , heat, wh. do use the microwave and toaster oven quite a bit. many floresent bulbs and small 13" tv. Doesn't matter how much I try to save they just keep hicking the rates so I'll pay more than before...

 

[washboy2005]

We appear to use very little.

Two people, two bed new build house..

Electric fan oven, washer, dishwasher and condenser dryer.

 

[appnut]

For December 5, 2013 to December 02,  2014 bills (billed monthly it was 10,366 KWH.  I do live in an all electric home, but HVAC isn't running when I'm at work.  And I have a heat pump.  It's just me living here. 3br/2ba house, 1560 sq. ft.

 

[brisnat81]

2,960kw/h per year, all electric house with Solar Hotwater.

At nearly 30c per KWH plus other charges, I couldn't imagine using 20plus KWH a year.

 

[mark_wpduet]

My highest month was January 2014

And I keep my heat pump on 64 degrees in the winter, but it still ran a lot because it was SO COLD....But I keep the AC on 71 on the summer. I like cold better than hot. I forget but there was one month I only used 650 kwh, I think it was a spring or fall month.
Aren't all electric bills billed monthly?

 

[jerrod6]

Billed monthly kinda sorta.

My billing period varies between 28 days and 33 days, so some months are short others are longer and the period runs between months so it will be the last week of one month plus weeks 1 thru 3 of the next month

 

[twintubdexter]

would appreciate any feedback

With a big part of the Country in a "Deepfreeze" freezer, it's going to be 81 today. Sounds nice, but that winter comfort comes with a steep price. My electricity use for last year was 15, 576 kWh. That's for a very well-insulated 2,300 sq ft house, all windows dual-paned and no sliders. 2, 14 SER air conditioners, 13 year old energy star appliances, gas clothes dryer and gas house/water heating and gas cooktop. I rarely use the elelctric wall ovens. I keep both thermostats set at 76 in the summer. The house is a traditional style with a huge insulated attic area and twin wind-powered turbines that exhaust hot air brought in through side vents. The house has minimal small windows on the west side (hot) and they are covered with solar screens. In addition, I have 9' ceilings throughout. I have pool equipment (only the filter motor) that runs less than 1 hour a day for my built-in spa.

 

I'm pretty much at a loss as to how to reduce my elecrical consumption, mostly for air conditioning. I've been told to raise the indoor temperature to 78 or 80...forget it! I don't want to be on my deathbed muttering "gee I wish I had turned those thermostats down.) Old age and comfort should go hand in hand.

 

I've gotten some bids for solar since the roof and position of the house is ideal. Most people seem to go with a 0 down lease. The price is about $200 a month for 20 years (at which time I'll probably be in the cemetery.) I don't like leases, time payments or owing money to anyone so I'm not comfortable with a standard lease. If I sell my house the new owners would have to assume the lease and since many residents here are seasonal lower summer power bills are of little interest. The lease in my opinion adds a liability to the house.

 

I can pre-pay a lease for about $30,000+. The lease company maintains the equipment for 20 years and guarantees the output. This is for an over-kill system of 16,509 kWh. Edison will pay me back for the excess power. The first 5 years amounts to about a $3,600 savings at the current rate. The rates are increasing as Edison removes the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant (Mitsubishi reactors are defective) and forces rate payers to pay for the removal and return of the coastal area to the way it looked before construction. In addition, Edison is changing to a time-of-use billing system in addition to the tier system they use now. The higher the rates go, the greater the return on your solar investment. 

 

The other way is of course to purchase the system outright for about $40,000. The panels and the entire system have a parts & labor warranty for 15 years. There are warranty extensions available.

 

These prices are from a very high-end and reputable solar company here in the Desert. I've received bids from other companies that are about 20% lower but I don't want to get stuck with problems in and out of warranty. Still $40K pays for an awful lot of electric bills so I need to eventually make a decision. There's also a positive environmental impact from going solar. 

 

I  apologize for this very long-winded post. There are so many very knowledgeable members here who seem to know something about everything. Thanks!

 

proposed layout

 

[nanook]

Fairly Low for Me

Last year's usage was about 6,657 KWH.  No A/C - forced air, gas heating.  And with the yearly average rate at 8-cents/KWH - not a bad deal.

 

[davetranter]

Annual electricity usage

Last year 31 January to this year 31 January 1,200 kWh. This year I'm expecting it to be less than 1,000, now that my Good Lady is spending less time here. Most heating (though very little actual heat) is by gas. Cooking and sundries all electric.

Cost of electricity approximately £0.17 per kWh, plus £0.12 'Standing Charge' (meter rental, infrastructure maintenance, etc.) per day.

All best

Dave T

 

[philcobendixduo]

My electric in KWH

Past 12 months my usage was 9674 KWH.
That is for a 2 story 2200 sq. ft. 1967 tract home.
Lots of changes last year, though.
Filled in swimming pool in April (no more filtering/cleaning motors running)
Got central A/C in May and new gas furnace AND complete insulation for house (no more space heaters)
Charging Nissan Leaf twice a week or so (only drive it 5k miles a year or less)
This year will be the first full year with all the energy improvements so we'll see how it goes.