How Much Electricity Does the Average New Jersey Home Use?
Context for judging whether your household is typical, efficient, or quietly wasting money.
Averages are a starting point, not a target. A four-bedroom colonial with central air and electric water heating will never match a small townhouse on gas heat — and neither number tells you whether energy is being wasted.
Better than an average: your own baseline
- Find your lowest-usage month, usually spring or fall.
- Treat that as your baseline household load.
- Everything above it in summer and winter is heating and cooling.
- Target whichever gap is larger.
"The shoulder months tell you what your house costs to simply exist. The peaks tell you what your envelope and equipment cost you."
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