Quote Originally Posted by jamessr
Well I must say this is a pretense for LEO intrusion. The prosecuting authority of each county represents all the electric co. legal interests( if ya doubt me, call and ask them who their lawyer is.)

I myself last year got a phone call plus a letter in the mail plus a note on my gate and LEO snooping around. It just so happens too be I do have 4 space heaters, which they thought was grow lights for a marijuana grow. Needless to say the asshole legal minded dork I am, I went in blazing legal mumbo jumbo and caught them totally with their pants down.

They now walk very lightly when it comes to my electric bill and accusations or thoughts in their minds about calling any LEO again.

Just so I am clear here, the reason for sending ya any notice is for marijuana grow reasons. LEO has made some interesting research in this area, they can read almost anything sucking juice.

Goodluck and piss on them.
Eh. I ain't gonna sweat it one bit! I'm only running 1000W more than usual... yeah that's a lot, but definitely within the realm of reasonable power increase due to update in appliances/computers/heaters.

With what's going on in this state right now... if they were going to follow-up on every 1000W increase then I think there'd be a lot of people gettin' hit before me.

I also changed all my most frequently used light bulbs (about 10 total) to CFLs. Turning the computer off at night (used to leave it on). Also going to start turning power strips off at night (for PC and entertainment center)... all that standby wattage can reduce usage considerably from what I've seen.

Now I just gotta figure out this fucked up air intake system in my basement. I've got a duct along the ceiling leading straight outside, and a second duct comes into along the floor. I think it's for some kind of fresh air circulation for the furnace... but it's gonna be a dead give away for odors once it gets a little warmer and people are outside.