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Am I the true cause of the rolling blackouts?
I just got my first bill from DWP today. Finally. All the charges from Feb.
9 until Apr. 27 are on there. And I might be wrong, but $645.27 seems like a
lot for a little less than three months of electricity. I've done my part to
contribute to the California energy crisis by leaving my two computers on all
day (one's the Blinkover server) and I had at least one heater on almost
round the clock for a month and a half when it was cold. I've averaged 72KWH/day.
Is this the equivalent of 3000W round the clock? How are these things measured?
If I add up ALL the wattage of everything in my place, I can get 2000W. Then
let's say each of my two heaters are 2500W. So it's easily within the realm
of possibility. Then I look at my old bills from the Palisades and I averaged
3KWH/day. I'm using up 24 times more power now?
Maybe I am an energy hog, but I couldn't believe the DWP rep who tried
to convince me that an increase like this is normal ("Oh yeah, everyone
is shocked when they see their bill after they move to a new place!"),
that when you move, you can't compare your energy consumption with your last
place since there are too many variables. Yeah, I'm sure this happens
to everyone. Get me the supervisor. The supervisor takes one look at the
bill, says it's pretty extraordinary, unbelievable really, and orders a re-read
of the meter. I'm hoping this bill is for all the apartments in my building.
"Hey everyone, juice on me!"
But if the reading is correct, then I'm in for an expensive summer when I have
to start using the air-conditioner...
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