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You might have mixed per-quarter and per-year numbers there. According to http://shrinkthatfootprint.com/average-household-electricity-consumption http://shrin
by zurn 11y ago
You might have mixed per-quarter and per-year numbers there.
According to http://shrinkthatfootprint.com/average-household-electricity-consumption http://shrinkthatfootprint.com/average-household-electricity... the average (in MWh/a) is 11.7 for USA and 7.2 for Australia, both at the high end of first-world countries. It's 3.5 for Germany for instance.
I always wondered why we measure consumption in those units, instead of just using average power directly. 11.7 MWh/a = 1.33 kW.
- chris_wot 11y agoNo, not at all. I'd like to know where they got those figures! In NSW, Australia's largest state, IPART (the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal) who until about a year ago set electricity prices, gives different figures for 2010: "Households with 1-2 residents use about 1,400 kWh of electricity per quarter Households with 3-4 residents use about 2,100 kWh of electricity per quarter, and Households with 5 or more residents use at least 2,700 kWh of electricity per quarter." http://www.ipart.nsw.gov.au/Home/For_Consumers/Compare_Energy_Offers/Typical_household_energy_use http://www.ipart.nsw.gov.au/Home/For_Consumers/Compare_Energ... Edit: I must be tired. My calculations are way off. Sorry about that.