Miranda said:
840 kWh! Mine was 120 kWh last month. And that was 30 kWh higher because I ran my ceramic oven twice. Are you heating your neighborhood?
Where you guys from? What kind of lives do you live? I exist and I’m burning through 600 kWh
@CathyGenesis
Belgium. But my central heating is natural gas.
Miranda said:
@CathyGenesis
Belgium. But my central heating is natural gas.
How much do you pay for gas? I have a full electric setup but still, 100 kWh to 600?? Something is off.
Miranda said:
@CathyGenesis
Belgium. But my central heating is natural gas.
How much do you pay for gas? I have a full electric setup but still, 100 kWh to 600?? Something is off.
I used 145 m3 of gas last month (about 5120 cubic feet). It isn’t that cold here at the moment.
Miranda said:
840 kWh! Mine was 120 kWh last month. And that was 30 kWh higher because I ran my ceramic oven twice. Are you heating your neighborhood?
That’s what I’m saying. Doesn’t make any sense. And the previous month was 920 kWh. Insane. I do work from home. I didn’t think it would use that much energy, but apparently that could be the culprit. I’m going to add a monitor to my computers to see how much they use.
@Zoey_24
That’s 1300 watts every hour, 24 hours a day. Something is gobbling power at your house.
Miranda said:
@Zoey_24
That’s 1300 watts every hour, 24 hours a day. Something is gobbling power at your house.
I think I know the issue. I filled up my 500-gallon LP tank on Nov 21. As of Dec 21, the tank is at 25%. My 32-year-old furnace runs 24/7, meaning the blower is running constantly as well. I’m getting my furnace replaced here soon and I’ll see if that levels everything out.
@Zoey_24
Fans simply don’t use that much electricity.
Joseph said:
@Zoey_24
Fans simply don’t use that much electricity.
Running 24/7 at 0.5 kWh, it can use 400/450 kWh of energy in a month. That can explain the spike. electrical - How much energy will continuously running a furnace fan use? - Home Improvement Stack Exchange
@VIOLAH
I used 230 kWh - 1 person in a small semi house with an electric oven and dryer but a Gas hot water heater. I also work from home with dual monitors but all LED lights in the home.
My 3700 sqft house consumes about 12 kWh/day when it’s idling. That’s with all of the smart home and other connected gear continuing to run while I’m not there. A purely resistive water heater requires ~0.2 kWh/gallon to heat on the other hand. Two people using 25 gallons of hot water each is going to consume about 25 kWh/day of electricity as well.
@RobertWilliams
I will never get used to how crazy power consumption is in the US. Your house is about double the size of mine. Mine idles at less than 2 kWh/day. My usage when at home is about 12 kWh and we heat about half our house with electricity.
@Amelia1
I think your numbers are off. That’s 83W on average which is barely higher than an internet connection. I have roughly 40 devices connected on Zigbee or ZWave, another 25 actively connected to Wi-Fi, and a camera system.
@RobertWilliams
Nothing wrong with my numbers. 
We have used 4300 kWh this year in total. We have used about the same amount every year (low end 4000, high end 4400). Averages out at 11-12 kWh a day. The app from the energy company tells me exactly how much we are using. When we are on holiday, our usage falls back to about 2 kWh a day. We both work from home, which has impacted our usage quite a bit. It used to be lower. SmartHome has about 90 Zigbee devices (counting lamps, which is about 50). But most of the other devices are battery operated (tiny cell batteries that last 2-4 years). Bunch of WiFi stuff too, as you said. edit We use more than the average home in NL. Average usage for a 2-person household for electricity is about 3000 kWh.
@Amelia1
I’m in the UK. We are a family of three and have various smart devices, lights, etc., and a gaming PC plus other items, we work from home 1-5 times/week across both of us parents. Our energy works out to 6 kWh/day (but our heat is natural gas except in the conservatory).
@Steve4
That’s really good. We do heat part of the house electrically (crucially, the part where we are working all day). My wife and I are not great with switching things off. We could do better. But 90%+ of our electricity currently comes from our solar panels so our actual electricity bill is very low. Rules for producing solar power in NL are about to change. It is not a good change for us. We will have to do better. 
I am assuming you are in the US. The average usage for US homes is just under 900 kWh a month, which is SUPER high compared to most of the rest of the world, but you are about average. The average water usage in the US is around 300 gallons per home, which is about 2.5 times the average in Europe. If you are doing 2000 a month, you are doing MUCH better than your countrymen. (yes, the US is incredibly wasteful) A dryer running on LP seems off. Are you sure? Dryers are notorious electricity consumers. Dishwashers, water heaters all contribute. A major source of power consumption can be old fridges and freezers. Especially if you have an old double-door sized ‘American’ fridge, that might be your drain. You can buy smart plugs that you can put between the wall socket and your electrical appliance to see how much they use on your phone. They are not perfect but they give you a good indication. Don’t buy one of those non-smart things, calculating their results (over a period of time) is a beep. I am assuming you have already replaced all your candescent lights. Those are horrible. Also, if you have a top of the line gaming PC and game a lot (in high-resolution games like CoD, Assassin’s Creed, etc) then that will contribute a lot too. At full usage, a PC like that has the power consumption that is close to that of running a vacuum cleaner for hours at a time (a European one - we have rules here to limit power usage and no longer have silly 1000w hoovers).