Maybe this will ease your mind...

1000w light is per hour usage so if you use it 24 hours a day the 1kwh is 24/day for where I live that translates to less than 80 bucks a month it depends on your kw hour at 10cents per kw hour it's like 75 bucks if used straight all month and less than 40 if on a 12/12 cycle...the electric company isn't going to have any idea or interest in finding out what appliance you now have that's upped your average usage by less than 100 bucks a month...the man isn't looking for someone growing for personal use anyway cause thousands upon thousands do...they are looking for houses that are dedicated to growing and are pumping out lbs of the stuff...besides having an electric water heater uses a ton more than that light anyway so it's not like it points to pot growth...

Don't worry bout the cops comin for ya dude and if they did you can be for damn sure it wasn't the electricity use that got their attention in the first place...

I gotta agree with yeag cfl'ss use way less juice to put out the same light, anyone that wants to save money in electricity and money on bulbs and change them less often should use them for lighting...it's an all win situation so I can't see how people haven't done it yet...I can't remember the exact statistic but I think it was quoted on some tv show that one cfl exchanged for a regular incandescent?sp? is like taking a million cars off the road per year that's pretty sick if ya ask me

Just out of curiosity how much are you lookin to yield?