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Electricity Update June’s Usage

By Mrs. Accountability on July 2nd, 2008

I am pleased to report the programmable thermostat has helped us to save money on electricity for the month of June. In June 2007 we used 3410kwh and last month we used 2775. Since our air conditioner is our biggest electricity hog I am sure using the programmable thermostat, plus everyone in the family [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Electricity Update

By Mrs. Accountability on May 31st, 2008

We had a reprieve from the heat over the weekend, but now the summer is upon us. We have experimented with the thermostat and it seems we can tolerate 81°F during the day but no higher.

Here are a few numbers for comparison; we are consistently using less kilowatt hours, so there is improvement [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

What I Spent Part of My Revolution Money Exchange Bonus On

By Mrs. Accountability on May 10th, 2008

I’ve been wanting one of these for a long time. Literally years. But it was one of these things that we never got around to buying. Well, I finally decided it was time, and I was going to get one. I decided to apply part of our Revolution Money Exchange bonus to this:

Robertshaw [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Tracking Electricity Usage

By Mrs. Accountability on January 13th, 2008

It’s time to tackle our electricity bill. Our monthly electricity bill is rather high – $334 per month year round. It’s to be expected during the summer months, when the temperatures are searingly hot and air conditioning makes life bearable – as long as you stay indoors. However, we have never used our heater, [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]