How much Electricity does my Home use on Average?

More electricity is consumed in the winter and summer than in the other seasons. This is obviously due to the use of air conditioning in the summer and heating requirements in the winter. Moreover, when the weather is less than favorable, residents tend to stay indoors, leading to increased usage of electricity (i.e., appliances and machines like televisions, computers, stereos, etc.) in other areas of the home. But the usage of electricity doesn’t only vary from season to season; it also varies on a daily basis.
It is more accurate then to calculate your average electricity consumption by adding up twelve months of electric readings (which can be found in your monthly electric bills) and dividing the total figure by 12 for an estimated KWh figure. Then, to get your daily average consumption, divide this figure by 30.4. Alternatively, you may take the highest and lowest monthly bills, figure them together, and divide the sum over the average total days in both months.
Of course, consumption costs may increase over time as you add more appliances to your home. For example, more homes now have high-definition televisions, which are known to consume more energy than standard definition televisions. The electric car, an increasingly popular renewable energy consumption device, may be more earth-friendly than its gasoline guzzling counterpart, but it will also increase the rate at which electricity is consumed since people will power their vehicles in their home garages rather than at the pump.

Heat is the Key
Although electricity can be transmitted over long distances for consumption, the same is not true for heat and hot water. Using electricity for heat is generally an inefficient method, since as much heat is lost over the utility line from the coal power plants. In fact, only a quarter of this type of powered heat reaches your home for your consumption because the coal is being burned at a distant power plant.
If you are currently using an electric hot water system in your home, you might want to consider replacing it with a solar hot water system or other type of solar heating option rather than connecting it to a photovoltaic (PV) solar energy source. The former allows you better control over your essential heating needs, and hopefully a way to remove these needs from your overall electrical source, so that you can have a clear idea of what type of PV systems will be best for powering your other appliances. This approach will make your solar system more affordable in the long run.
Before you install any type of solar system, consider your solar window position and the space you will be able to commit to it. If there is an insufficiency of space, it may be better to outsource your hot water or heating needs to green-powered programs which also use renewable energy. Research is key.