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In most of the US, electricity usage in afternoons in July is 50-100% higher than during the middle of the night in January[1]. Your intuition about when the mo
by TheCoelacanth 4y ago
In most of the US, electricity usage in afternoons in July is 50-100% higher than during the middle of the night in January[1]. Your intuition about when the most electricity is used is dead wrong.
[1] https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=42915 https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=42915
- rootusrootus 4y agoDoes this hold true when controlled for heat source? If we are pushing to be off fossil fuels, it'd be worth knowing how much we will need in order to convert all existing methane/propane/oil furnaces over to heat pumps, and what that looks like during cold winter nights.