The temperature was 93° (heat index 99°) shortly before 2 p.m. yesterday. That was still a few degrees short of the anticipated high, and I can only assume we made it. I didn't have the heart to check the conditions again.
This is a depressing time of the year. You want to keep your electricity consumption down, but, at some point, you just can't stand to feel hot and sweaty in your home and you give in and bring the setting down a degree or two.
And that does produce some momentary gratification, but all I can think is it must be similar to what gamblers experience when they're feeding coins into a slot machine. You feel good when those reels are spinning, but then they stop and you have to pay more to have that feeling again — and unless you get a payoff, it's always a temporary feeling.
This morning's meter reading is 10474. Yesterday's reading was between 10450 and 10451 so consumption in the last 24 hours was 23½ kWh. That is actually a drop of almost 15% from the day before.
And it is nearly 40% lower than my consumption on this day last year.
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