View My Energy Usage

Want to understand how much electricity your household uses?

Energy Check is a free online tool which allows you to view your electric usage in a number of ways – monthly, daily or hourly. Every dollar counts. Being aware of your electric usage can lead to simple actions to save your energy dollars.

Energy Check’s data will help answer questions such as:

• How much more electricity do I use when its 90 degrees?
• What day of the week do I use the most electricity?
• What hour of the day do I tend to use the most electricity?

Using this information and changing habits can have a positive impact on lowering your electric bill. Monitor your usage via Energy Check and see what happens when you:

• Set your thermostat up or down 4 degrees.
• Switch your water heater temperature to “low.”
• Turn all your electrical appliances off for an hour.  View your Energy Check data the next day to make sure everything was turned off and there was no usage. This will show you the impact of all the TVs, lights, chargers, fish tanks, games and so on that are left on and constantly drawing electricity.

How to read your Energy Check data

The chart below shows the fluctuation in monthly energy usage. This can be impacted by a variety of things such as weather, appliance use, lighting and more.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For additional monthly information just click on the month and view your usage for all days in that billing cycle.  Next, click on a specific day and see hourly usage for the entire day.  See in the graph below that this household used the most electricity between 10-11a.m. and 10 p.m. to midnight.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another feature of Energy Check allows you to view your average monthly, daily or hourly electricity usage. You’ll see below that this household uses the most electricity at 11p.m. and 6 a.m. This is due to MVEC’s Energy Wise water heater program, which heats water overnight. This member pays a half price electric rate for their participation in this program.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy Check allows you to compare monthly bills. In the graph below, August usage is compared to November. This member used much more electricity in August compared to November.  The information shows the average temperature was 25 degrees warmer in August, which was likely the cause of the increased electric usage.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Get started now with Energy Check