In 2015, the U.S. used 31 million megawatts of electricity just on Christmas lights, costing the country $3,780,000,000 per day and $170,103,150,000 for the whole 45-day holiday season. This means that the United States has the capacity to use more than double the amount of electricity that Ecuador and Cuba use together in a single year.
An average American home can use 42,690 watts (43 kW) of electricity per hour in order to power their home Christmas lights, or 301 kWh per day, with the lights only being on seven hours a night. This comes to 13,545 kW or 13.5 MW per home over the holiday season, costing a typical household about $11 extra a month to light their household Christmas decorations. Some extreme household decorators can spend an extra $2,000 to light their displays!
It's nice to see that the public is helping support the public utilities. You know that they are barely eking out a living.
Demand Euphoria!
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