October Bill - Lowest Month Ever! - 39% Reduction

Hi All!

I've been excited to see what this month's results would be and it really blew my socks off.  It was my lowest energy usage month EVER in the new house.  It even compares to the days when I was living in my former townhome (which was built in 2005 with gas heating, cooking, and water heating).   The results are below:

October 2011 Bill
Total Consumption:  771 kWh
Days:  32
Average Daily Usage:  24.09 kWh/day
Bill:  $79.75

October 2012 Bill (September 4 -October 2nd)
Total Consumption:  409 kWh
Days:  28
Average Daily Usage:  14.61 kWh/day
Bill:  $49.91
% Reduction in Energy:  39.4%
Bill Savings (based on current average rate of $0.113/kWh) = $37.36

So this bill breaks the previous record set in June 2011:

Lowest bill:  $49.91 vs $53.54...and this includes a hike in rates!
Lowest Monthly Consumption:  409 kWh vs 526 kWh.  While June2011 has 2 more days in the billing month, if we tack on another 2 days at ~15 kWh/day I'd STILL be way under (439 kWh vs 526 kWh).
Lowest Average Daily Consumption:  14.61 kwh vs 17.53 kWh

I mentioned my previous townhome which was building in 2005 (1,300 sf, gas heating, cooking, and hot water).  If I compare the usage there in the "swing months" where I wasn't using any HVAC, I averaged 14.3 kWh/day (~414 kWh).   Recall...my current home is 2,700 sf built in 1984 with electric everything.  So needless to say, I'm thrilled that I've done so great.

Kudos to the GE Geospring ASHP Water Heater which was no doubt, responsible for helping me significantly reduce my consumption.  And to think that half the month was without it too...

Next up...I ordered my new Ecobee Smart Thermostats.  Once those come in and I set them up I'll have my HVAC system as fully optimized as I can get it along with monitoring.  I'll give y'all the low down in about a week when they arrive and I install them.

Also, I'm working on getting the HTPC to shutdown and wake up.  I can do it manually, but I just need to figure out how to get it going automatically.  I'm not a big linux guy so it'll take a while for me to figure it out. This task alone should save me an additional 1.84 kWh/day (13%)