Going Down!

Booyah,

Electricity Usage

2yrs ago 41.25 kWh

1yr ago 28.40 kWh

this yr, wait for it.....24.47

and yet, I am STILL in the middle of the 4th tier - auuugghhhh

Water Usage

1yr ago 321

this month  drum roll please ........... 187

Gas Usage

last yr This year

Feb 120 therms   77

Mar 76 therms 74

Apr 56  therms 49

My Electric Bill is Fallin', Fallin'

Keep those Kilawatts off, (to the theme of RawHide). For those of you who follow my posts, and sorry since I moved they have gotten a little WaCkY! I am trying very very hard to reduce my electric bill. It has been working too! So I got my latest bill and....

(gotta do the happy dance here!) I have a credit, aprox 3 months worth of credit on my bill. Woo Hoo no bills for 3 months, then when I get it, they should be between $50 and $100 lower a month!

The only thing I don't understand is this - here is what they said my average daily usage was the last 3 years:

• 2 yrs ago 36.61
• 1 yr ago 32.37
• THIS year 25.71 (yea I'm good!) 

YET I am STILL in the TOP half of the 4th freakin tier, there are only 5 tiers, how is this possible!!!

I refuse to use candles and wood, ain't gonna happen!

How do they come up with "Basic Electricity" usage?

As you all know I have been working on bringing my electric bill down. I got my recent bill and it stated 2 years ago my daily usage was 76.32, last year it was 68.93 and this year it is 49.66 and yet even with this reduction I am STILL in the top 5 tier??

How is this possible? Do I need to change to candles and a wood stove?

Oh and I have different sections on my bill - "Delivery" Charge and "Generation" Charge I guess a basic (bend u over with lube) and (bend u over more without lube) charges which have different numbers in the SAME tier??

Basic "Delivery" charge Tier 1 is 326 kWh or 10.18 kWh a day and
Basic "Generation" charge Tier 1 is 251 kWh or 7.84 kWh a day

I WANT TO KNOW WHO COMES UP WITH THE "BASIC" NUMBER - HOW IS IT BROKEN DOWN? WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME IT WAS UPDATED? I WOULD LIKE SOME FREAKING ANSWERS PLEASE CAUSE THIS IS JUST WRONG!