Yesterday was another hot day. Not as hot as Monday but hot enough. The last time I checked the conditions (around 4 p.m.), the temperature was 94° with a heat index of 98°.
Even so, I tried to keep my electricity consumption under control. I managed to avoid a 30–plus kWh day on Monday because the power was out, but consumption on Tuesday skyrocketed (and I strongly suspect the power was restored long before I had been told it would be).
I hoped to avoid a repeat of Tuesday so whenever I felt I could get away with it, I raised the thermostat setting. And it nay have been successful — but modestly so.
This morning's meter reading is 9323. Yesterday's reading was between 9294 and 9295 so consumption in the last 24 hours was 28½ kWh.
And that is a decline of nearly 10% from the previous 24 hours — when consumption was 31½ kWh. But this time last year, Dallas was experiencing something of a cool front, which made my consumption 18½ kWh a year ago today.
That means consumption is up by more than 50% over this day last year.
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