A kilowatt-hour is the unit by which residential and most business customers are billed for their monthly electric use. It represents the use of one kilowatt of electricity — or 1,000 watts — for one hour. For example, a 1,000-watt appliance, used for one hour, would use one kilowatt-hour of electricity. Similarly, a 100-watt light bulb, burning for 10 hours, also would use one kilowatt-hour of electricity.

It is a unit of work or energy equal to that done by one kilowatt of power acting for one hour. A kilowatt is 1,000 watts or 1.34 horsepower.

The amount of electricity used by ten 100-watt light bulbs left on for one hour. It is the measurement unit of consumption on your business electricity bill and charged on a pence per unit basis.

A kilowatt is 1000 watts. The kilowatt hour capacity is the amount of power (volts x amps x hours divided by 1000) that can be drawn from a battery. It is the watt of kilowatt which does the work – not amps alone.

Unless there is something special about the area you are living in, I would suggest relocating to a new area. The Watt-Minder cannot help you.

According to the American Wind Energy Association, 1 megawatt (MW) of wind-generated power can supply electricity to approximately 240 to 300 households per year.

You may buy one 100-kilowatt-hour block or as many blocks as you would like. The amount of electricity you sign up for cannot exceed your current average usage. That's because we can't sell you more energy than you consume, regardless of its source.