My own utility bills won't be different. Kids are home schooled so we
kept the heat up at 66 all day anyway. It drops to 60 when people
should be in bed under their blankets. I've spent more on home
improvement. Lowes and Home Depot both deliver by the way, and my
weekends are not taken up by kids birthday parties, soccer games, etc.
So I've been catching up on house projects. Meanwhile I've spent next to
nothing on luxuries, restaurants, or entertainment. My personal
financials before and after are probably a wash. .....though perhaps
I'm atypical.
Here's one prediction: https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/report/
About 2/3 of the way down: ""The economic slowdown and stay-at-home
orders are likely to affect U.S. electricity consumption over the next
few months. EIA expects the largest impact will occur in the commercial
sector where forecast retail sales of electricity fall by 4.7% in 2020
due to the closure of many businesses. Similarly, EIA expects retail
sales of electricity to the industrial sector will fall by 4.2% in 2020
as many factories cut back production. Forecast U.S. sales of
electricity to the residential sector fall by 0.8% in 2020, as reduced
power usage resulting from milder winter and summer weather is offset by
increased household electricity consumption as much of the population
stays at home.""
On 4/9/2020 4:28 PM, Nate Burke wrote:
I wonder how many people don't realize that by staying home all day,
their utility usage is going to be way up. I'm surprised I haven't
heard more about that being covered. Keeping the house warmer all
day, and the TV on all costs $$$. It's not free, like the Internet.
I'm also curious how much total energy usage has changed. They say
pollution is down because driving is down. I think most heavy
manufacturing is still up and running. The office buildings can't
change their HVAC programs because there are still a couple people in
the buildings working, especially if they're all remoteing into their
office desktop machines. And daytime residential usage should be
dramatically up. Or is energy consumption based on the person, and is
directly tied to where that person is at?
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