[RKDinOKC]

Good lazy Sunday Afternoon.

Got my weekly lectricity usage report. Thought it were interesting so logged in for more details.

My thermostat was not on the network so was not seeing the price signal. So even though I was getting charged the higher rate from 2-7pm my thermostat was not trying to maintain the higher temps during the higher rate. This past week with the temps getting into the low 90's the rate was 21¢ a kWh. So even though it was pre-cooling it was not bumping up the thermostat until Tues after I called an they reset my termostat network.

My energy usage was 42kWh until it started getting the peak signal. With the peak signal and maintaining a higher temp during peak it dropped to 38kWh. The interesting thing is they don't do the peak signal on weekends. It doesn't pre-cool, just maintain same temp all day. My energy usage was still 38kWh. For 92° days the setback and higher peak temps use the same amount of electricity, just at a different time of day.

The difference is the usage during peak times was only 2.5kWh during the 5 hour peak when the price is 21¢. Versus 11kwh on weekend afternoons when the price is 5¢.

So for peak days my cost is 35.5kWh x 5¢ plus 2.5kWh x 21¢ or $2.30 a day.
Weekends it's 5¢ x 38kWh or $1.90 a day.
if I was not on the plan it would be 10¢ a kWh or $3.80 a day.

Next week the highs are forecast to be below the 90s, Yay.