PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
551 followers · 2457 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.orgThe average #SingleFamily detached #home in #BritishColumbia uses 1,279 kilowatt-hours each month, according to #BCHydro .
The utility said the ##usage was driven by people trying to keep their homes warm. The #storm brought up to 30 centimetres of #snow to parts of #VancouverIsland & as much as 25 centimetres to the Lower Mainland, while blasting #NorthernBC with #dangerous temperatures as low as –40 C.
Roughly 7,000 people are still without power.
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6692487
#singlefamily #home #britishcolumbia #bchydro #usage #storm #snow #vancouverisland #northernBC #dangerous #whiteout #blackout