Our local utility (PGE) has been steadily adding interesting analysis tools to their Website. You can look at things like:
- Whether you're using more or less power (gas & electricity) compared to the typical customer
- Why your bill went up or down this month (e.g., was it weather-related, was it rate-related, was it you just using more or less)?
- How your bills compare to any other period (I like comparing the same months across years)
The latest widget I found graphs your gas and power usage against "degree days" -- an interesting concept that basically describes cold or hot a given month was relative to a comfy 65 degrees. Here's our gas consumption (blue bars) mapped against the weather (gray shaded area). You can see our gas usage tracks the weather pretty well, though you'll see we were particularly masochist this past November and December by not turning on the heat much in the house.
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