Enmax - My Energy IQ - usage compared to nearby homes

[ExtraSlow]

Looks like Enmax has changed the usage reporting format they tuck into my monthly bill. They now have a report that compares usage with nearby homes.
It also attempts to combine electricity and natural gas on an energy equivalent basis.m

I use 3% less natural gas, 95% more electricity and 53% combined more than "similar" homes. Mostly due to the huge AC unit I run five months of the year.

What do you think? Does this help you?

[jwslam]

Where do you see that? I just got mine last week and it's not on there?

[benyl]

Heating the garage seems to be an issue. Haha



And the air conditioner.

[C_Dave45]

I'm way higher than anyone I know.

[killramos]

You can tell Benyl cheaps out on AC but is blasting the heat all winter

[benyl]

Originally posted by killramos
You can tell Benyl cheaps out on AC but is blasting the heat all winter

Haha, so true. Wife likes to keep the house at 23 all year round. Saves on AC, but burns nat gas like a Mofo. I'm also heating an extra 900 SQFT in the winter. Got to keep the cars warm.

[nzwasp]

My graphs all look similar to Benyl's however with slightly less electricity usage. I'd be interested to see a beyonder results that doesnt have "your home" as a significant user above similar homes.

I dont know where the people using basically no energy im my neighborhood are, every house for 0.4km is practically the same up here in aspen.

[EK 2.0]

Originally posted by benyl


Haha, so true. Wife likes to keep the house at 23 all year round. Saves on AC, but burns nat gas like a Mofo. I'm also heating an extra 900 SQFT in the winter. Got to keep the cars warm.

You should also look into how in about an eight minute span you have used 4% of your battery....

[benyl]

Originally posted by EK 2.0


You should also look into how in about an eight minute span you have used 4% of your battery....

I had to download photo bucket over LTE because imgur wasn't working.

It was also at 100% for 20 minutes before that.

[flipstah]

I fuckin' love this

[nzwasp]

Do you wash your clothes in the sink and dry them on a rack? Even when I lived in a Condo i think I used more than 100 kwh a month.

[flipstah]

Originally posted by nzwasp
Do you wash your clothes in the sink and dry them on a rack? Even when I lived in a Condo i think I used more than 100 kwh a month.

We have a communal laundry room in the basement. I also don't have enough space to have a laundry set in my condo, as I use that space for hobby storage (golf clubs, snowboard gear, hockey gear, etc.)

I worked out the math and if I do laundry twice a month based on the cost vs. buying a new set, it would take me 5.33 years to break even.

[suntan]

Good grief we do around 10 loads a week.

[LilDrunkenSmurf]

I don't get the option for "homes around you".

[jwslam]

I run a little window AC once in a while in the summer... but is it actually drawing THAT much power...?

[flipstah]

Originally posted by suntan
Good grief we do around 10 loads a week.

WTF. How many people do you have and how dirty do you get?!

I do laundry every two weeks.

[BerserkerCatSplat]

It's unfortunate that updating your house profile doesn't immediately update the cost comparison - I guess you have to wait for the next billing cycle.

[suntan]

Originally posted by flipstah


WTF. How many people do you have and how dirty do you get?!

I do laundry every two weeks.

Four of us - two kids.

Two loads for me.

Wife two loads.

Kids two loads.

Two loads towels.

Two loads bedding.

[jwslam]

Originally posted by flipstah
I do laundry every two weeks.

You don't do sheets weekly?

[flipstah]

Originally posted by jwslam

You don't do sheets weekly?

I have more than one set of sheets. I'm not a cheap fuck.