I knew my electric consumption yesterday would be higher than it has been since I started tracking my meter on a daily basis back in April.
I don't know precisely how hot it was yesterday, but, around 3 p.m., the NOAA website said the air temperature was 103° — and the heat index was a few degrees higher. The extended forecast doesn't offer much hope for the next seven days.
Although I had my thermostat set at around 82°, the air conditioning started kicking on well before noon — and, after noon, it seemed to run constantly. I finally adjusted it upwards — to about 83°, maybe even 84° — and it started shutting down periodically.
Anyway, this morning's reading was 3789. Yesterday's reading was 3742. Thus, my consumption was 47 kWh.
Actually, that's probably better than a lot of people did. It's just so much higher than any other 24–hour period I have observed in the last 12 weeks. It's kind of a shock.
But I guess I'd better get used to it. That's what I can expect for the next three months.
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