Well...I've been waiting for this bill for a while and it finally arrived. It was a little unusual this time because my wife changed to an ebill so my daily walk to the mailbox was not there...but that's another story. So let's just see the results:
January 2011 Energy Usage: 3,224 kWh over 34 days = 94.8 kWh/d
January 2011 Bill = $253
January 2012 Energy Usage: 1,318 kWh over 33 days = 39.9 kWh/d
January 2012 Bill = $121
Reduction in Energy Usage = 57.9%
Savings on Bill = $132
Comparing to former 2009 1300sf townhome:
January Energy Usage = 70.99 kWh/d or a 44% reduction in energy usage
Ohhh yeah! As I've said in the past, heating is where the Geothermal system really shines. And its proven with the 58% reduction! This is right in line where I thought we'd be (estimating between 50 and 67%). And then being 44% under the former townhome (of half the size) is just icing on the cake.
Next month should be another poster month: Feb 2011 = 102.11 KWh/day. That month we used our gas fireplace a lot for heating so our actual electricity bill had only 70.2 kWh/day. Feb 2010 in the Townhome had 75.8 kWh/d.
Wow... without spending a penny our bill compared to last near is nearly 40% less... oh wait, it's been an incredibly warm winter. ;-)
ReplyDeleteHA! You know I love giving you a hard time... but seriously... compare the avg daily temperatures to see if your really saving that much money or if its just the warm temps on the east coast.
Remember...the bill really is for December....and I've got to say...this December was fairly normal. January? Totally much warmer (it was 66 yesterday!)
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