Electricity Usage
May 09 2023
Took a look at my electricity usage since I moved in. Delivery is what PG&E charges to deliver electricity. Generation is from Peninsula Clean Energy (started with 50% renewables and after two months switched to ECO100 which has a $0.01 surcharge).
Observations
PG&E doesn't really a rate plan that will save money unless I commit to not using power during 1600 to 2100 which maybe if I was a night owl.
The other option is reduce energy usage. When I plot the below data my usage has been slowly going down. Not sure where I would save energy though; maybe when I have to replace my appliances.
Observations
- Delivery has always been expensive and it's 62% more expensive than when I moved in.
- Four Summer months T1 allowance goes way down and sometimes I go over into Tier 2.
- PCE started out charging about $0.02 less than PG&E all renewable option, not sure about nowadays after that big jump a year ago.
PG&E doesn't really a rate plan that will save money unless I commit to not using power during 1600 to 2100 which maybe if I was a night owl.
The other option is reduce energy usage. When I plot the below data my usage has been slowly going down. Not sure where I would save energy though; maybe when I have to replace my appliances.
Month kWh Delivery: Delivery: Generation:
T1 Cap T1 $/kWh $/kWh
January 2018 394 534 $0.2008 $0.0637
February 2018 410 501 $0.2008 $0.0637
March 2018 418 484 $0.2117 $0.0784
April 2018 391 534 $0.2117 $0.0784
May 2018 345 279 $0.2117 $0.0784
June 2018 334 270 $0.2117 $0.0784
July 2018 356 298 $0.2117 $0.0784
August 2018 294 279 $0.2117 $0.0784
September 2018 216 279 $0.2154 $0.0784
October 2018 235 298 $0.2154 $0.0784
November 2018 210 510 $0.2154 $0.0784
December 2018 205 518 $0.2154 $0.0784
January 2019 219 486 $0.2118 $0.0784
February 2019 211 486 $0.2118 $0.0784
March 2019 248 502 $0.2178 $0.0784
April 2019 263 478 $0.2178 $0.0784
May 2019 243 264 $0.2228 $0.0823
June 2019 224 273 $0.2228 $0.0823
July 2019 248 264 $0.2238 $0.0941
August 2019 258 264 $0.2238 $0.0941
September 2019 245 288 $0.2238 $0.0941
October 2019 220 447 $0.2298 $0.0941
November 2019 267 508 $0.2298 $0.0943
December 2019 234 447 $0.2298 $0.0943
January 2020 276 462 $0.2358 $0.0943
February 2020 271 493 $0.2358 $0.0943
March 2020 290 447 $0.2352 $0.0943
April 2020 293 462 $0.2352 $0.0943
May 2020 291 486 $0.2437 $0.0876
June 2020 263 258 $0.2437 $0.0876
July 2020 307 258 $0.2437 $0.0876
August 2020 274 267 $0.2437 $0.0876
September 2020 282 285 $0.2437 $0.0876
October 2020 262 455 $0.2443 $0.0876
November 2020 310 508 $0.2443 $0.0876
December 2020 274 447 $0.2443 $0.0876
January 2021 254 467 $0.2499 $0.0876
February 2021 285 493 $0.2499 $0.0720
March 2021 263 447 $0.2590 $0.0720
April 2021 269 462 $0.2590 $0.0704
May 2021 290 493 $0.2590 $0.0704
June 2021 249 258 $0.2590 $0.0704
July 2021 258 267 $0.2590 $0.0704
August 2021 265 285 $0.2607 $0.0704
September 2021 233 267 $0.2607 $0.0704
October 2021 233 440 $0.2607 $0.0704
November 2021 256 508 $0.2607 $0.0704
December 2021 263 431 $0.2618 $0.0704
January 2022 314 462 $0.2824 $0.0704
February 2022 287 492 $0.2824 $0.0704
March 2022 276 447 $0.3147 $0.0704
April 2022 271 462 $0.3147 $0.1324
May 2022 304 491 $0.3147 $0.1324
June 2022 248 253 $0.3152 $0.1324
July 2022 255 255 $0.3152 $0.1086
August 2022 264 272 $0.3152 $0.1330
September 2022 252 255 $0.3152 $0.1330
October 2022 232 411 $0.3152 $0.1330
November 2022 264 482 $0.3152 $0.1330
December 2022 221 423 $0.3152 $0.1330
January 2023 253 467 $0.3255 $0.1330
February 2023 206 438 $0.3255 $0.1539
March 2023 216 423 $0.3405 $0.1539
April 2023 264 467 $0.3405 $0.1539