Our Monthly Utility Bill -- November 4, 2022

For the month of October, 2022.

As a reminder, we have electricity only: no natural gas, no fireplace. Just electricity.

North Texas: a suburb of Ft Worth, Texas.

Lots of things to note.

First, I was much less OCD about minimizing our electricity usage. The result: monthly bill up slightly. Daily usage increased 18%, from 11 kWh to 13 kWh.

Comments:

• compare this month with same month one year ago
• average daily temperature about the same
• last year: 16 kWh / day
• this year: 13 kWh / day
• two more billing days this year (month of October)
  
• last year: 16 * 29 = 464 kW
• this year: 13 * 31 = 403 kW
• compare this month with previous month
• significantly hotter last month
• yet, we used slightly less electricity (air conditioning) this month than previous, hotter, month

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Sophia and Friend -- Halloween, 2022

Sophia and her friend, Paloma.

Paloma: Latin, Mexican, "dove, a symbol of peace," but can also be understood as the Holy Spirit symbolized in this bird.