Thursday, August 22, 2013

August 22, 2013


>hr>I spent the afternoon in the newsroom yesterday so I don't know how high the temperature was until I left around 4:30.

At that time, the radio in my truck reported that the temperature was 95°.

The forecast for the coming week isn't too encouraging. Highs in the mid– to upper 90s, lows in the mid– to upper 70s are expected.

And based on experience, I expect my electricity usage to average in the mid–20s. I've mostlyavoided that level for the last week, but I doubt that I can avoid it much longer.

However, it appears that my absence from my apartment all afternoon — combined with a high setting for my A/C — kept me under 20 kWh for one more day.

This morning's meter reading is between 11082 and 11083. Yesterdays's reading was 11064 so my consumption was 18½ kWh. That's a reduction in usage of nearly 12% from the day before.

But because it was so unseasonably cool around here at this time last year, I used about 68% in the last 24 hours than I did on this day in 2012.

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