tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1824943627340897655.post5514920722049374014..comments2024-02-20T04:42:02.996-08:00Comments on Energy Conservation How To: Electricity Usage History, My HomePhil Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05985383574850078234noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1824943627340897655.post-41705707961160961422013-01-10T14:44:09.263-08:002013-01-10T14:44:09.263-08:00If you want to show dollars, you could show dollar...If you want to show dollars, you could show dollars per day in order to remove the meter reading period variability.<br /><br />With respect to your final comment, some utilities in the PNW are still running on very low percentages of coal, and the only two big coal plants in Oregon and Washington are scheduled to shut down in the next ten years. Rates are increasing for various reasons, but they are still much lower than most other places in the U.S.<br /><br />One more note: I have a similar graph, and I am planning to play with it a bit to add two features: combined energy use (BTU) for gas and electric, and trend lines that show usage during the same month in multiple years (e.g. a line linking January 2005, January 2006, etc. through January 2013). I haven't figured out the best way to draw those lines, but I think it will be more useful than the up-and-down seasonal graph.C Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04365057479295784166noreply@blogger.com