I’m picking up a sentiment from the downvotes so let me defend: I’m not lying lol.
SMUD time of day. Ran the AC super cold during the night (so it would run the entire off-peak period). Ran it somewhat cool during mid-peak. Didn’t use it at all during peak.
Other appliances I only ran at night.
Installed lots of insulation at move-in.
Like I said in OP, Sacramento. YMMV.
But in any case I’d argue $360 is still not expensive per se given the value you’re getting. How many square feet were you cooling? What else was operating?
It’s just about perspective. I was responding to the claim that electricity is expensive.
Assuming $.40 per kWh, which is lower than my PGE rate, that’s $360 per month just to run the ac.
Not sure what kind of setup you have. $100 is my bill if I’m not home in the winter and leave everything off.