Post B621v95gPkDiAzLNLc by azonenberg@ioc.exchange
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 (DIR) Post #B621v95gPkDiAzLNLc by azonenberg@ioc.exchange
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       Got the official power numbers from my utility for the April billing cycle.3572 kWh imported from grid, 200 kWh overproduction exported, for net 3372 kWh consumed/billed.That is an all-time record for lowest power consumption (at least back to January 2024 which is the oldest bill I have easy access to).Too bad it's also an all-time *high* for price per kWh - the effective price per kWh after taxes and fees hit 21.7 cents, a 15.4% increase since the start of the year and 53.9% since January 2024.Even so, the $731 bill for 3372 kWh is the smallest since I paid $722 for 3983 kWh back in July 2025. And that was an outlier, going further back the next time I had a bill that small was $618 in October 2024 for 3998 kWh.
       
 (DIR) Post #B622OWVsPQB9DYbVUe by azonenberg@ioc.exchange
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       I was hoping I'd be sub $700 for April but didn't quite generate enough juice to do it. May started out strong with four days of >60 kWh solar generation (which counted as part of the April billing cycle) before some clouds rolled in, so we'll see... May around here tends to be the transition between the monsoon season and cloudless summer weather.Hoping to hit below 3 MWh imported in May, so let's see how that goes.Here's some graphs from my analysis spreadsheet showing my demand vs utility rates over the last few years.
       
 (DIR) Post #B624OsjbzQJS2qKLJo by charette@mstdn.ca
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       @azonenberg What are you running (and where) that you're talking about electric bills in the $700 range?Is this for an office?  Not a home, right?
       
 (DIR) Post #B624Osxn8hegkoxfQ8 by azonenberg@ioc.exchange
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       @charette Pacific northwest near Seattle, so most of our grid power is hydro although there are nontrivial amounts of solar, nuclear, and wind and a token amount of gas (no coal as of... last year?)And it's my house, but the attached lab has a pretty substantial power consumption.
       
 (DIR) Post #B624aAhhWMiCxcohWa by azonenberg@ioc.exchange
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       @charette so yes there is a house attached but its power demand is negligible in comparison
       
 (DIR) Post #B624hUsMv70JYBIdBQ by azonenberg@ioc.exchange
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       @charette (the lab is a lot more than shown here, but most of the big power hogs are visible... the left oscilloscope on the soldering bench pulls something like 600W 24/7 and can't ever be turned off because... complicated reasons)
       
 (DIR) Post #B624oMdtviYM2fo5mC by azonenberg@ioc.exchange
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       @charette Also this is my power bill with significant contribution from solar. In December 2025, when rates were only slightly lower than they are now but I didn't have solar, and it was cold so more heating, my power bill was $920.