As I attempted to explain yesterday, I wasn't able to get a meter photo on Christmas Day because of the rain and snow and clouds.
When I did manage to make my way over there, it was so dark that my flash kept going off and washing out the image. So I have no photographic proof of what the meter reading was yesterday, and it is situated about 6–8 inches above my head so it is hard for me to read.
Nevertheless, it looked like it said 7255. It was cold, but it was before it got really cold.
Well, it is now about 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 26. I have only just managed to get over to my meter — I hope to be able to do this earlier tomorrow — but, as you can see, the reading is 7335. That is slightly more than 100 kWh since my last photograph more than two days ago (Monday's photo was probably taken about 53 or 54 hours ago).
I'm not running my heat at high levels, either, but I no longer have downstairs neighbors so I can't benefit from their heat anymore. I kept my thermostat at or below 60° the last couple of days. I dressed in layers when I went to bed, and I still felt cold all night. Both nights.
And, apparently, I still used about 50 kWh per 24–hour period for the last couple of days — which is higher than any day last summer.
Cold nights are expected to linger for the next seven days, but, in general, daytime temperatures are expected to be back in the upper 40s and lower 50s.
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