{"id":35049,"date":"2020-02-01T07:00:06","date_gmt":"2020-02-01T15:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/?p=35049"},"modified":"2020-02-01T07:00:06","modified_gmt":"2020-02-01T15:00:06","slug":"what-is-my-winter-electric-bill-higher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/what-is-my-winter-electric-bill-higher\/","title":{"rendered":"What is My Winter Electric Bill Higher?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">A frigid fact: you use more energy in cold weather.<\/p>\n<h2>Here\u2019s Why<\/h2>\n<p>In cold weather, your heating system works much harder to keep your home comfortable.<\/p>\n<p>Even if you don\u2019t change your thermostat setting, it runs longer to heat your home.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35052 size-full\" style=\"border-radius: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/feb-2020-lights-thermostat-comparison-boosted-contrast.png\" alt=\"Thermostat setting 68 degreees. When the difference between outside and inside is significant, your heating system must run more to condition your home. Left side: Outside temperature: 18 degrees. Heat required: 50 degrees. Right side: outside temperature: 48 degrees. Heat required: 20 degrees.\" width=\"523\" height=\"296\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Even gas heating systems use electricity to power the fan and distribute the warm air.<\/p>\n<h3>Energy Use Matters<\/h3>\n<p>Your monthly bill is largely determined by the amount of energy you use.<\/p>\n<h4>Energy Used<\/h4>\n<p>The meter on your home measures the energy you consume.<\/p>\n<p>This is your \u201cusage.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Electric Rate<\/h4>\n<p>There is a charge for each kilowatt hour you use.<\/p>\n<p>This is your \u201crate.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Source: Indiana Electric Cooperatives<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A frigid fact: you use more energy in cold weather. Here\u2019s Why In cold weather, your heating system works much harder to keep your home comfortable. Even if you don\u2019t change your thermostat setting, it runs longer to heat your home. Even gas heating systems use electricity to power the fan and distribute the warm [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":35054,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[375,374],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35049"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}