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Energy Use Record!

March 30, 2007 12:15 pm

I just received an email notifying me of our latest energy bill from Southern California Edison. (Hint: if you still receive paper bills, switch to paperless billing for better green karma!) For our February 2007 bill, I was quite stoked that we were able to reduce our usage to under $100 (515KWH) since we hadn’t had anything that low since October 2006. For March 2007, I’m absolutely flabbergasted … $43.53 for for 372KWH. Cripes! Even though the number of days included in this bill (29) is on the low end, comparing it to other similar billing cycles, the lowest we’ve ever gone was $54.11 for 427KWH in August 2004.

I’m absolutely ecstatic about the money savings, but obviously also for using a lot less energy. I hope we can keep this up!

One Response to “Energy Use Record!”

Vanessa wrote a comment on March 31, 2007

Maria, was this a result of you and Vahn buying those energy-saving light bulbs? Did you end up finding them all at Walmart? Or did you have to go to another store? Our new house has about 16 different types of light bulbs, so many that we have to catalog them! Can you imagine trying to find 16 different types of those bulbs?! Yikes! Expensive for the moment, but definitely worth it in the long run. Glad to hear about your bill. :)

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