We cope by setting the A/C at 78 days, and 79 nights. Keeps the place nice, and cool during these Summer months when it’s always hotter’n Hades inland SoCal.
The electric bill pushes $500.00 bucks a month for several months each year, but we budget for it. SCE freaks out, sends us all sorts of condemnations in the mail for “not taking conservation seriously”, but to HELL with them, and their AGW BS.
There is no energy shortage. CA forces them to buy and distribute more expensive wind, solar. Makes my blood boil.
We keep ours set on 76 constant. Our last bill was $545 and we have a medical allowance on it which almost doubles our lifeline allowance. That helps a lot.
I’ve been in Ventura on our boat since Friday. No ac. Been miserable. Have spent the last 2 afternoons in our air conditioned boaters lounge. Couldn’t breathe on the boat.