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.

 

[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) Had care since May 2011.
This year will be the first full year with all the energy improvements so we'll see how it goes.

 

[twintubdexter]

deleted my long post, but

Used 15, 576 kWh last year. Triple degree temps in May thru October, high 90's until Thanksgiving. It was hot! 2015 is predicted to be warmer. Almost all energy-saving steps have been taken with the exception of increasing air conditioning temp [COLOR=#0000ff; font-size: 12pt]from 76 to 78/80, a no-can-do/no-want-to-do.[/COLOR]

 

[COLOR=#0000ff; font-size: 12pt]Considering solar since house is ideal for installation. With a top-rated company using the best panels and inverter and a system guaranteed to produce 16,509 kWh annually for 20 years...$42,000 to buy the system outright which includes a $13,000 tax credit, about $32,000 for a 20 year prepaid lease (output is guaranteed, includes 20 years of parts/labor warranty and maintenance,) about $200 per month for 20 years on a 0 down straight lease. I'm trying to decide which is best. Southern California Edison is raising rates and also adding a more expensive time-of-use schedule to the tier system they already use.  Rate payers will also be footing the bill for the dismantling of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power plant (defective Mitsubishi reactors) and for returning the coastal area to the way it was before construction...remember this is California. The savings realized from solar increases along with Edison's rate increases. Then there's the environmental advantage too.                                                                                               [/COLOR]

 

[washer111]

We still get paper bills, which I won't get out and do the maths on.

All-Electric house with Solar water heating. Typically, bills run around $300 to almost $1000 through the Summer, running the A/C around 16-20hrs a day at 80°. It is an old system (30yrs), but the replacement would take at least 15 years to recoup the expenditure, and probably not even last that long (LOL).

Electricity comes in about 25c/kWh here at present, was 28c/kWh when we still had our "Carbon Tax."
(Which, while a highly political topic, didn't make companies think twice about pollution, they only jacked up their prices to compensate. The Government also spent at least 50% of the income on "welfare" payments to those who couldn't afford the additional cost of living).

Thankfully, the cheaper rates and rather mild Summer for us this year mean that the power bill shouldn't be as much of a shock. I'm estimating around $700-800 this time around.

Several appliances also contribute greatly to this usage:
~ 42" Panasonic Plasma TV (2007). These use around 400w/hr
~ Older F&P freezer (nearly 1000kWh yearly)
~ File/Web server (Pentium-4, "roomheater," 3 hard drives), uses around 100w/hr.
~ Assorted other computers, some lights (not really), Miele washer {always warm/hot washes)

 

[mrboilwash]

Only about 1400 - 1500 kW/h per year.
Heat and hot water is gas, no AC, anything else (cooking, condenser drier) is electric.
I`m not into Bobloading the dishwasher and I certainly won`t give up my weekly boilwashes.
I guess my rather new fridgefreezer and having very few incandescents left helps a lot in keeping my power consumption so low.

 

[BoschExxcel]

About 3,000kw a year here.

It's just me and my mum, we live in a new build house, heating, water and hob are gas, everything else electric. I do regular hot washes and we have a lot of lights, but they're all powered by Philips Energy Saving (CFL) bulbs which are really good.

 

[countryguy]

In 2014 I used approximately 8900 Kwh. I live alone in a 1000 sq. foot house plus finished basement. I use CFLs almost everywhere and only have lights on in the room I am occupying except for my low voltage garden lights and an outside yard light with a 75 watt bulb. My water heater is electric and my heating is propane.

Here is a chart showing the electricity usage by day from Jan. 21 to yesterday.

Gary

 

[parunner58]

in 2014 we used 17399kw. That's for a 4 adults in 2000 sq ft house in central FL. We have gas water and dryer, everything else is electric. cost of the year is $2935.44

 

[joe_in_philly]

In 2014 we used 6640 kWh of electricity. Two adults in a 3 bedroom row home with gas heat, hot water, range, and dryer.

The lowest month was February (393), and the highest was July (895).

I connected a Kill-a-watt to my dehumidifier and discovered it was using $30 worth of electricity a month during the warmer months. I was surprised to learn how much electricity it used.

 

[henene4]

Our last bill clocked in at roughly 5500kWh, but we run anywhere from 5k to 6,5k.
Our heating is oil. We had 7 people in this household till pretty much a month ago (my oldest brother moved out, again). Means a slimline DW, 2 ranges, 2 washers, a heatpump dryer (since May, I think), 3 big TVs, 4 fridges, a small freezer, a big freezer, 2 computers running about 8h a day, lighting and other usage.
So, we are pretty ok with less than 1000kWh per person and year.

 

[gusherb]

Joe

If that's a newer dehumidifier they do seem to guzzle quite a bit more electricity then older ones and don't seem to perform quite as well.

I have a 1983 Westinghouse that hardly draws any power compared to one of those new "generic design" ones that I also have and the Westinghouse still manages to out-perform it.

 

[joe_in_philly]

Jonathan,

It is indeed a newer model (see link). I have to say I am happy with the performance. I also have an older Kenmore model, and that managed to use over $40 of electricity a month. I just thought that a newer, energy star rated model would have used significantly less power. The old model, with it's mechanical control, would allow the humidity to swing more widely than the new model which keeps the humidity level pretty close to the programmed setting.

http://www.amazon.com/Frigidaire-FA...23172187&sr=1-1&keywords=50+pint+dehumidifier