It was certainly clear yesterday that the heat was back.
The temperature was in the 90s by early afternoon, and all the rain we got in the early part of the week elevated the humidity, making the heat index go up.
I expected my electricity consumption to go up, and it did — but not by as much as I feared.
Today's meter reading is 10201. Yesterday's reading was between 10180 and 10181 so consumption was 20½ kWh — a 17% increase.
Well, you know, as low as the temperature dropped earlier this week, it was inevitable that consumption would increase as the temperature became more seasonal. And this is, as I have mentioned before, July in Texas.
Compared to last year, however, consumption went down, even though the temperatures seem to have been about the same. The decline was more than one–third.
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