It recently occurred to me that there might be something wrong with our electric meter. The utility bill shows how much our electricity and gas usage is compared to the same month a year ago. The gas usage is sometimes higher, sometimes lower, but I've realized the electricity usage is always higher, sometimes 10 or 12% but sometimes 50 or 60% higher. This was actually happening last year but I attributed it to DD being back living at home and not away at college.
There's no way we can be using 60% more electricity than a year ago though. Nothing has changed in our house. It's been the same 3 people. The only new appliance we've gotten, and that was just a couple of months ago, was a dishwasher and the new one should be a lot more efficient than the 15-year-old one it replaced. Every other appliance is the same.
I'm going to call the utility company and see if they can send someone out to check our meter. We've had it for a long time so maybe it needs to be replaced.
Broken electric meter?
January 21st, 2020 at 08:00 pm
January 21st, 2020 at 09:29 pm 1579642195
And be suspicious if there's a cord snaking from your garage to your neighbor's house... ;-)
January 22nd, 2020 at 03:30 am 1579663858
January 22nd, 2020 at 08:40 pm 1579725633