GrowFreeFood t1_jdeufl7 wrote on March 23, 2023 at 9:53 PM

Reply to comment by lantech in Who do I call here? by [deleted]

Have fun. Never in the history of r/maine has anyone who complained about their electric bill posted their actual usage.

gregra193 t1_jdeun34 wrote on March 23, 2023 at 9:55 PM

People also pretend that CMP Energy Manager doesn’t exist. Or that there’s no way to look at hourly usage charts and figure out what in their home is using so much energy during a certain hour.

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

Folks, look at your usage by the hour. Look for patterns, look for hours that you are using many KWH. Running a space heater during that time? Hot water tank recovering? Ancient freezer using a ton of energy around the clock?

Impossible_Action_82 t1_jdh1tcf wrote on March 24, 2023 at 10:28 AM

I didn’t know this! I just signed up - thank you!

[deleted] OP t1_jdfalkc wrote on March 23, 2023 at 11:45 PM

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izzygreene207 t1_jdhu58x wrote on March 24, 2023 at 2:33 PM

a great tool that people should really access more!

BeardedBaxterholic t1_jdev16d wrote on March 23, 2023 at 9:57 PM

Absolute truth.

mmaalex t1_jdfbx3f wrote on March 23, 2023 at 11:55 PM

Yep, old bill LWH usage and new bill KWH usage. I find it hard to believe with the old rates you were burning $260 worth of electricity a month without some sort of electric heating/cooling involved, or some other major draw, because you're probably well north of 1000 KWH/month.

MuleGrass t1_jdheu6q wrote on March 24, 2023 at 12:40 PM

There was a thread yesterday where a whole bunch of people did 🤷