Wasting juice

My electric bill arrived today. It shocked my socks off and I am trying to think what in the world I have done differently this month than I did last month. Because I must have done something differently for my usage to leap 160 kWh from last month. I know that turning the lights on at 4:00 in the afternoon (sunset is around 4:00 here right now) accounts for a small portion of it, but I don’t use that many lights and they’re all fluorescent anyway.

The one thing I do recall is the two day period where my dryer ran continuously, but I can’t imagine that could have burned up 100 kWh. Could it? I guess it’s back to reading the meter every day to keep an eye on what’s being used. Vigilance is the best antidote to wasting electricity. Utilities drive me crazy enough as it is. I don’t need to help them fatten their bottom line.