Reading the Meter

Here's an update on how we're trying to save money on our electric bill - and help the environment - by keeping track of the kwh on our electric meter. In January, before the ice storm hit, we were using an electric heater to warm our small house. Since then, we've been using our wood burning stove. During the month of the ice storm, the electric company said we used 810 kwh of electricity. Our bill was pretty high. I doubted that number, thinking something about losing power must have thrown it off. Last month, we used just over 400. This month, I'm monitoring it daily to see how many kwh we use for certain tasks. On Monday, I used 42 doing 5 loads of laundry. Yesterday, I only used 9 taking a hot bat, cooking breakfast, lunch and dinner and watching some television. No one is home during the day now, but it's amazing to see how much electricity something takes - and we've already cut our electric bill in half. My goal is to cut it more this month before we have to turn the air on!