swamper1989 t1_jdeqrb3 wrote on March 23, 2023 at 9:30 PM

I have a single wide using a pellet stove for heat. All led lighting. Replaced all my element and thermostat on my water heater. Well is on another houses electric. We don’t use a lot of power my bill has been 600 a month since January. I know multiple people who are more the. 3000+ behind right now. It’s getting crazy and only getting worse.

GrowFreeFood t1_jdeu7dc wrote on March 23, 2023 at 9:52 PM

We have heat pump and heat pump water heater. 1400 sq feet. No gas or wood at all. We only pay 400 on bad months. So I have no idea how you spend that much

TheMrGUnit t1_jdfci9b wrote on March 23, 2023 at 11:59 PM

Agreed. My power consumption is outrageous and even I don't use that much electricity.

gregra193 t1_jdeu2lb wrote on March 23, 2023 at 9:51 PM

Use CMP Energy Manager to find out when the bulk of your usage is happening. You can see an hourly breakdown of usage, then try to think about what devices are using energy during that time.

https://www.cmpco.com/wps/portal/cmp/smartenergy/understandyourusage/energymanager/

anastasialh1123 t1_jdgz6s3 wrote on March 24, 2023 at 9:53 AM

According to the energy manager my house is spiking in usage at 4am every other day or so, when everyone in the house is fast asleep. There are spikes again throughout the day when appliances and the furnace are not running. It’s helpful to recommend the energy manager tool to people, but to us it just proved that there is an issue on CMPs end. It shows high usage at 10am when my husband is working, my baby is sleeping, and I’m folding laundry. I don’t run appliances then, the lights aren’t on and the furnace doesn’t run. We have been keeping a log and comparing it to the Energy Manager and it is completely wrong. CMP asked us to keep a log and when we showed them they said it was probably a freezer running for too long. And that our chest freezer from 2017 is “getting to be pretty old”.

Agitated_Date2251 t1_jdhumeg wrote on March 24, 2023 at 2:36 PM

High usage during the 10am hour after your husband got ready for work and you’ve just done laundry— washer, dryer, hot water heater recovering?

No other units/tenants in the building that could be sharing your electricity?

What if you do something energy intensive at a certain time of the day, like run your oven for 20 minutes? Are you able to see the spike in Energy Manager?

anastasialh1123 t1_jdhv6px wrote on March 24, 2023 at 2:40 PM

That specific 10am example, no one showered that morning and no appliances had been run except for the coffee machine at 730. The laundry was washed the day prior waiting to be folded.

We are in a single family home.

In the evenings we cook dinner, give our baby a bath, wash dishes, and shower ourselves. That shows a moderate increase that correlates with the Energy Manager.

ETA- the spikes I’m talking about are sustained usage of 4-5kwh. There is no correlation, especially the recurring 4am one.

Our usage has remained double our normal amount since July of last year. Nothing about our lifestyle has changed and all of appliances have been checked.

Agitated_Date2251 t1_jdhyfve wrote on March 24, 2023 at 3:01 PM

Something must be running during that 4am hour. Selectively turn off stuff in the breaker panel and try to find out.

Turn off the electric hot water heater (if you have one) before bed, see how everything looks that next morning. Turn it back on at a recorded time and check the usage.

Then try with the range/stove, and other big appliances.