Marc's Electricity Use At Home

Left: I used electricity in a pretty carefree manner until the big electricity crisis in 2001; then I ran around the house and replaced as many incandescent bulbs as possible with CFLs. The drop in electricity use was radical!

Since those dark ENRON days, the amount I pay every month for electricity has been roughly stable (upper curve), even as the amount of electricity I use has actually been declining bit by bit with time (lower curve).




Left: The cost of electricity took a big jump at the beginning of 2001, but interestingly, never dropped after that, even though the crisis was over. The cost began climbing almost imperceptibly at the beginning of 2005, however.

Utility: Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD).