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Originally Posted by accord1999
Your electricity usage peaking in October and November usage is very strange, normally that's shoulder season and shouldn't be that high because it's neither very hot or very cold. Jokingly I say somebody is stealing electricity from you for EV charging or cryptomining but for the typical home, there really isn't that many electricity consuming tasks that could double you power use compared to the spring.
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Agreed. I've been kinda been loosely keeping track over the last few years. I can kinda see really minor changes in the consumption when I implement energy saving strategies or consumption. I wouldn't consider it too unreasonable if I'm using 10-40% more electricity and gas in my home than my neighbors, but 40-100% more makes me wonder if the meter is broken or something.
Even if I were to replace all my major appliances to energy efficient ones, I would not be confident that I'd be back in that plus 10-30% range for electricity and I honestly don't think I use that much more electricity on a regular basis than retirees, even with WFH going on at my place.
Replacing windows and original furnace might pull the usage down a lot, but again, there's no confidence that it will be on par with similar homes if I go through that much work and I feel like it should be nearly automatic to assume that I should be close to being an energy efficient home if I put in that much work into the house (vs the houses around my place).
Should I get Enmax to investigate my meters? Energy audit might be better?
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Originally Posted by lucky1
hehe yeah, you can see your AC spike your electrical in the summer, but thats the cost of being comfortable for sure - I would tend to think your biggest issue may be your attic insulation (or lack of) - its incredible how much energy just disappears due to a few inches of insulation missing from the attic. Grab a tape measure and pop up there if you havent lately - you really should aim for a minimum of R-50, which would be about 15" of fill (if its modern day cellulite insulation)
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I'll definitely go and take a look up there to see as soon as I get a chance and sort out getting the insulation upgraded ASAP. I was going to do it sooner or later and I've been kicking the can down the road on that one. I didn't think it would have such a major difference on the energy bill though, but it makes sense. Thanks!
It does seem like it kinda could be a potential reason for needing much more heating and much more cooling in my house... but then I would assume if it was that significant, I'd have significant attic rain issues? I've had completely no issues with attic rain at all.