TED Update

OK...so before we install the geothermal system, I thought I'd update y'all on the TED.  From the history above you can see there's been a significant reduction in energy usage so far.  While it hasn't been as bitter cold (no teens resulting in 100+ kWh days), there's still lows in the 30s.  So our previous days of 70s, 80s, and 90s for energy usage has been reduced to 40s, 50s, and 60s.  Last Sunday was a gorgeous day with highs around 70, but that 41 kWh is skewed because that was cleaning/laundry day.  Wednesday is a good look as it was pretty warm out (50s) all day.  When I got home from work it was still 65 degrees inside...so that's probably why only 25 kWh was used.

Anyhow, I'm not celebrating yet.  We need to get a natural gas bill to see how much that's going to be as we've been heating the downstairs with it although we generally don't have it on much more than 2-3 hrs/day which should cost us ~$0.8-$1.2/day.  And we haven't received an electric bill yet for January...which I'm guessing will produce lots of swears.  

BTW...I've been playing with the HTPC to hibernate when not in use and then it has an 'alarm' to turn back on for a recording.  I haven't gotten to play much, but I did get it to hibernate and then wake back up on alarm after 5 minutes.  I just need to take the time to play more.  Setting this up could reduce my baseline electricity (i.e. "always on") usage by roughly 40%.

I'll keep you posted...