

California launches the nation's largest energy efficiency plan








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RE: "The California Experiment"
By Spuke on 9/26/2009 1:06:12 AM , Rating: 1
Explain that to my family in SoCal who pay significantly higher electric bills than I do in Idaho. BTW we both use about the same kW hours. I lost interest after reading that.
According to the Energy Information Administration, the average electricity usage is 580kW per month at a cost of $14.42 per kW in CA. It surprised me at first but I remembered that a good chunk of CA rarely uses their A/C (or even their heat).

I know that in the winter, early spring and late fall, even though I live in the desert, my usage ranges between 500kW to 600kW per month. This past August was the lowest I've ever paid for electricity because it was really dry and I was able to use the evaporative cooler (swamp cooler...I have a huge unit plumbed into the HVAC ducting) and not the A/C. Usually, my August bill is around $170-$190 (1000+kW). This year it was $114 (800kW).

