January Bill

Hi All...long time no blog, eh?  Yeah, the kiddos are keeping me busy and there's a bunch of things I'd like to blog about, but I just haven't gotten around to it.  Regardless, I'm back now with the latest energy results.  Shall we begin?

January 2013 Duke Energy Bill

Energy Consumed = 940 kWh

Billing Days = 31

Average Daily Consumption = 30.32 kWh/day

Heating Degree Days = 538

Energy per HDD = 1.75 kWh/HDD

Bill = $95.84

January 2014 Duke Energy Bill (Dec 1 - Jan 1)

Energy Consumed = 1,020 kWh

Solar Energy Back to the Grid = 33 kWh (99.4Next  kWh total generated)

Net Energy Usage = 987 kWh

Billing Days = 31

Average Daily Consumption = 31.84 kWh/day (5% increase in usage)

Heating Degree Days = 577

Energy per HDD = 1.71 kWh/HDD (2.3% reduction in usage)

Bill = $103.55 ($0.13 savings vs 2012 due to the higher rate)

Overall, I used about 5% more energy than 2013.  However, factoring in the colder weather, I was roughly the same with 2.3% reduction.  I'll take that.  I'm even OK with the 5% increase at face value.  Overall, I'd say sticking within 5% error is pretty darn good with the introduction of the twins to the family.  

Next month is ugly, as TED5000 is reporting that I'm averaging 44.7 kWh/day.  I'm sitting at 923 kWh used to date which extrapolates to ~1390 kWh/month.  Yikes!  Mind you much of that is due to the bitter cold we've been experiencing.  In 2013 we had 606 HDD.  We're CURRENTLY at 558 HDDs with 10 more days to go (including today).  And we're averaging 23 HDD/day (already removing the 4 coldest days).  That'll put this month at 788 HDDs!  That would explain the significant increase in usage (HVAC related).  And 1390/788 = 1.76 kWh/HDD which is generally on par with what I've been reporting.