How much hydro do you consume?
I'm curious to see how much others here consume regarding electricity. Your habits, your household size, appliances, and so on. I'd like to cut down my usage, but I'm not sure how. In fact, I'm even surprised by the amount of consumption we use given the size of our apartment, and our lifestyle.
Details:
- 2 people in a 900 sq ft apartment
- 90% of our bulbs are halogen, or CFL. Lots of natural light. Usually lights are on only in the room we are in.
- modern fridge and stove. Typically we use the toaster oven for smaller dishes.
- electric water heater
- limited TV hours - we use the stereo more often than the TV.
- single laptop computer, turned off when not in use
- no washer, dryer, electric baseboard heater, deep freeze freezer, air conditioner, etc.
Our bi-monthly usage is about 775 - 850 kWh, or 12.75 - 14 kWh/day (slightly higher usage in the winter). Excluding the water tank rental ($10/month), our hydro bill is approximately $100-110/2 months.
Is it me, or does this seem very high for just two people, considering we don't use a washer/dryer/AC?
Anybody else out there care to post their electrical consumption details? I'd really like to get an idea of if this is normal or not!
Details:
- 2 people in a 900 sq ft apartment
- 90% of our bulbs are halogen, or CFL. Lots of natural light. Usually lights are on only in the room we are in.
- modern fridge and stove. Typically we use the toaster oven for smaller dishes.
- electric water heater
- limited TV hours - we use the stereo more often than the TV.
- single laptop computer, turned off when not in use
- no washer, dryer, electric baseboard heater, deep freeze freezer, air conditioner, etc.
Our bi-monthly usage is about 775 - 850 kWh, or 12.75 - 14 kWh/day (slightly higher usage in the winter). Excluding the water tank rental ($10/month), our hydro bill is approximately $100-110/2 months.
Is it me, or does this seem very high for just two people, considering we don't use a washer/dryer/AC?
Anybody else out there care to post their electrical consumption details? I'd really like to get an idea of if this is normal or not!