PoweredUp Electricity Demystified

Quick, which appliance uses the most electricity in your kitchen? Okay, there's a good chance you know that its your refrigerator. How about the rest of your kitchen appliances? If you have an electric range it's likely to consume almost as much power as your dishwasher. Combine the electric range with an electric oven and you've got the appliance that is likely to be the second largest electricity consumer among your kitchen appliances.

One of the major goals of PoweredUp is to provide access to data about electric power costs and consumption. So why not get things started off with information about retail electric prices and fuel usage by generators? The newly minted data page has links to both of those things. We've got the most recently published retail electric prices for residential consumers. And we've added data about fuel consumption by electric generation. Both data sets are at the state level.

Welcome to PoweredUp. PoweredUp is a place for people who are interested in learning more about electricity. You use electricity, don't you? Sure you do. Every time you flick on a lightswitch, turn on your television or start your computer (to name just a few daily activities) you are using electricity. And that costs you money. How much does it cost you? Well that's one of the questions that we're here to help you answer. Did you know that now more than ever you're consuming electricity even when you think that you're not? It's true.