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Tomorrow is an early start day, so i'm starting journalling now.
We joined our power company's "Smart Rate" program where we pay a lower rate except for up to 15 days over the smart rate season, May through October. Six months, 15 days. We signed up the last day in August. We've had five smart days, i think, and another tomorrow. I discovered this announcement:
When i look at our power use, i'm mystified: do we have a particularly wasteful fridge and stove? I'd blame the computers, but when i look at time blocks where we intentionally turned off all the optional power use, it doesn't seem dramatically different from overnight when things are in standby. (Yeah, i know, it's still power being used.) I think my next analysis trick will be to track use of the dishwasher. I think Christine has used the "sterilize" function on occasion: that could be a cause for occasional spikes, but maybe it's also cooking.
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Where does the time go? I suppose i should move on to a few things so i don't feel i've let myself down. I will feed the cats, go ride the stationary bike in the dark for 25 min (Oct 1 was a longer goal and i'll go with it, even if i rarely met September's goal), and then do some cleaning. Then to bed.
Then to tomorrow.
Hmm, i guess i won't rearrange the lounge for my brother's arrival because Christine will want to use it tomorrow.
We joined our power company's "Smart Rate" program where we pay a lower rate except for up to 15 days over the smart rate season, May through October. Six months, 15 days. We signed up the last day in August. We've had five smart days, i think, and another tomorrow. I discovered this announcement:
Due to the current mild summer in California, on July 1, 2012 PG&E dropped the average trigger temperature for the 5 service areas from 96 degrees to 94 degrees. On August 15, 2012 PG&E once again dropped the average trigger temperature from 94 degrees to 92 degrees.Ah-ha, it's not my imagination: the number of days does skew towards more later. (Typical use it or loose it budget behavior.)
When i look at our power use, i'm mystified: do we have a particularly wasteful fridge and stove? I'd blame the computers, but when i look at time blocks where we intentionally turned off all the optional power use, it doesn't seem dramatically different from overnight when things are in standby. (Yeah, i know, it's still power being used.) I think my next analysis trick will be to track use of the dishwasher. I think Christine has used the "sterilize" function on occasion: that could be a cause for occasional spikes, but maybe it's also cooking.
--==∞==--
Where does the time go? I suppose i should move on to a few things so i don't feel i've let myself down. I will feed the cats, go ride the stationary bike in the dark for 25 min (Oct 1 was a longer goal and i'll go with it, even if i rarely met September's goal), and then do some cleaning. Then to bed.
Then to tomorrow.
Hmm, i guess i won't rearrange the lounge for my brother's arrival because Christine will want to use it tomorrow.
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