My Prius is now approaching its tenth year anniversary. And I am happy to say that my mileage is still steady in the 50 mpg or more range. In the last few days I have made multiple trips up into the foothills near home requiring freeway use, around town driving and trips to an elevation of just under 2,000 feet elevation. Overall mpg for the past few days is 52.2 mpg. Not bad for an ten old hybrid.
The tank-less water heater is going strong. Our PG and E gas usage in summer is around $5.00 a month. It makes all the difference in the world to not have to reheat a 50 gallon tank to leave sitting and cooling after use- and all day for that matter.
Solar panels are still going strong. We are nearing the end to the higher use charge (and our higher rate of repay for that extra production.) I doubt our true-up bill will be as low this year as the less than $20 it was last year. This year it was a bit warmer- particularly last month when we had to use the air conditioner for the first time and last time this summer. I still wish we had put in more panels originally. Not worth going into debt to get a possible 4 cent a kilowatt hour payback for the extra production.
