… for for more energy efficient (Energy Star) devices in my home.    With this, I am modestly reducing the total energy requirements and power bill for my home (that is running off of GREEN Power).. but without reducing any “quality of life” aspects.  (ie. I’m not starting a campfire in my living-room to cook by or washing my clothes in the river)

The GREEN:

What I have learned this month I’m very excited about..  is I have excess capacity (the GREEN Power that I am using versus what I am capturing daily from the sun and wind has nearly 30% to 40% remaining.  Over the next few months I plan to do some experimenting and see if I can sustain things like moving the Microwave and Washing Machine over to the GREEN Power Circuit Breaker to further reduce my Power Bill.  More to come.

For those “data analytic heads” like myself, see below for a little more detail on the June 2011 power bill (Duke Power) in contrast to they same billing period in June of 2010.

Bill Analysis Report:

	Selected bill: 6/30/2011	Last year: 6/30/2010	Impact
Total Electric:	$98.53	$136.22	* $37.69
Total for this Service Address:	$98.53	$136.22	* $37.69
Total Bill:	$98.53	$136.22	* $37.69

6/30/2011 Power Bill Highlights

*Energy Charges:	Your energy charges were $37.69 lower for this power bill.
*Energy Usage:	Your electric usage decreased for this power bill.
*Electric rate/rider:	Your electric / rate decreased this month.

Electric Details

	Selected bill: 6/30/2011	Last year: 6/30/2010	Impact
Billing Days:	33 days	33 days	No Change
Average Cost per kWh:	$0.0924 / kWh	$0.0919 / kWh	* $1
Average Use per day:	31 kWh / day	44 kWh / day	* $37
Other Charges:	$3.14	$4.13	* $0.99
Total Electric:	$98.53	$136.22	* $37.69

** The “Other Charges” listed above; typically include state, county and local taxes.

Drum-roll please!

Comparing my June 2010 Power Bill to my June 2011 Power Bill… the Power bill was

28% less!

The bad & the ugly:

I realize this is not 41% like last month, however I expected it to vary slightly with our 100 plus degree days and my A/C working out like it had a YMCA membership.   No one said this would be easy

I do plan to do some other things over the next few months including installing a solar attic fan,research programmable thermostats,   and simply to adjust the temperature a few degrees up and see how that helps address some of my cooling costs.

I am also doing some research on Solar A/C.. yes, you read that right, Solar A/C.  More to come.

Be on the lookout for the July 2011 Power Bill post!

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