Something is not right here.
The temperature dropped into the 20s last night, and I admit that I adjusted my heat up slightly. So I expected a modest increase in electricity consumption.
When the cold front arrived Sunday night, I had my thermostat set in the upper 50s — chilly but bearable. And my consumption for that Sunday–Monday 24–hour period did, indeed, go up. Prior to that, when temperatures around here were relatively balmy for December, my daily electricity consumption had been in single digits. But it was around 14 kWh when I read the meter yesterday and compared that reading to the day before.
I knew it was going to be very cold last night, and I set my thermostat a little higher — around 60°. So I expected my consumption today to be around 20 kWh or so.
It is safe to say that I wasn't at all prepared for what I found.
This morning's meter reading is 7062. Yesterday's reading was about 7012. That is a consumption rate of 50 kWh.
I live in Dallas, Texas, where it gets H–O–T in the summer, but I've been monitoring my meter every day since April, and I have never used 50 kWh in a single 24–hour period.
Something is wrong here.
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