Posted on June 22nd, 2008 by admin
May’s energy usage was essentially flat compared to April’s bill of 1,996 KWH. In last month’s update, I reported a fuel price increase and the need for me to do some more research on it. I didn’t get any more good answers from SWEPCO. Our AC ran for most of the month, and still we […]
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Posted on June 12th, 2008 by admin
That’s right, we did it. Actually my wife did it. We decided that our family had become too addicted to our television, so we decided to cancel our service with Dish Network. With vacations, long summer evenings, and plenty of activities to keep us busy, watching re-runs of the same old shows […]
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Posted on June 3rd, 2008 by admin
I’ve been going a little nuts with my latest gadget, the Kill-A-Watt. In my last two posts (here and here), I talked about using a Kill-A-Watt meter to track energy usage on specific devices to see what they are costing me. Primarily, I’m trying to eliminate phantom electric loads — electricity used by […]
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