December 7, 2012

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I suppose this is a calm–before–the–storm thing.

The temperatures have been mild lately, and my electricity use confirms it — in fact, based on today's meter reading, my electricity consumption in the last 24 hours was only 6 kWh.

But I've been hearing talk about a cold front coming through the area Sunday night — possibly bringing snow — and it is supposed to remain cold at least through the end of next week.

So I expect my electricity consumption to go up.

But today, the meter reading is 6984. Yesterday, it was 6978. The day before that, it was 6971.

December 6, 2012

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My daily electricity consumption has settled into single digits — at least for now.

Today's reading is 6978. Yesterday's reading was 6971 so my consumption in the last 24–hour period was 7 kWh. The day before, my reading was 6964 — also 7 kWh.

December 5, 2012

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My electricity consumption dipped farther below double digits in the last 24 hours.

Yesterday's meter reading was 6964, which represented usage of 9 kWh since my reading the day before. Today's reading is 6971, which indicates I used 7 kWh in the last 24 ours.

December 4, 2012

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Well, I don't know how it happened, but my consumption dropped back into single digits.

We've had record–setting high temperatures recently — 80s in December — and I'm not exactly sure how that has affected by consumption patterns.

Anyway, this morning's reading is 6964. Yesterday's reading was 6955.

December 3, 2012

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My electric meter continues to baffle me.

The temperatures have been unseasonably mild the last few days, but that has meant that it has been unnecessary to run either the heat or the AC — yet my electricity consumption has returned to double–digit territory.

Yesterday, I read my meter around noon. I read the meter today around 7:50 a.m. — more than four hours earlier — but it showed 10 kWh consumption. That's the same consumption I had in a full 24–hour period yesterday.

How come? I don't know. I had my windows open yesterday, and I don't think the heat or the AC ever came on yesterday.

Anyway, this morning's reading was 6955. Yesterday's reading was 6945.

December 2, 2012

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There wasn't much difference between yesterday's consumption and today's — when you consider one factor.

I took today's photo nearly two hours later in the day than I did yesterday.

Today's meter reading is 6945. Yesterday's meter reading was 6935. The day before, it was 6927.

If I had taken the photo earlier, the meter reading might have reflected identical usage compared to the day before.

December 1, 2012

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If recent days are any indication — and, in my experience, when you're talking about Texas weather, recent days are seldom reliable indications except in the summer, when it is always hot — we may have another mild winter this year.

Which would be fine with me from an electricity consumption standpoint. But I actually have downstairs neighbors this winter (so far, anyway), and I benefit from their heat when the temperature gets cold so I fail to see how I will actually benefit financially from a mild winter — and, if we don't have a freeze that is sufficient to kill off the insects that make our lives miserable in the summer, it's hard for me to see any benefit in this for me.

Anyway, yesterday was a mild day, and I only got around to shooting the photo of my meter a few minutes ago so today's electricity consumption actually represents about a 26–hour period.

And it still remained in single digits.

This morning's meter reading is 6935. Yesterday's reading was 6927. My consumption rate seems to be consistent because Thursday's reading (which was just about 24 hours before yesterday morning's reading) was 6921.