Degree Days for the year are displayed in the chart in the upper right-hand corner of your bill. Heating and cooling degree days indicate the amount of energy used by a typical household to heat or cool a space. The average building needs to maintain a 70-degree indoor temperature to remain comfortable. In order to maintain this indoor temperature the heating unit will have to use more energy when the outside temperature is 65 degrees Fahrenheit or less. Vice versa, the air conditioning unit will have to use more energy when the outside temperature is greater than 65 degrees Fahrenheit.
Therefore, the higher the number of degree days on your bill the more your bill would be based on the temperature variance from 65 degrees. We display a yearly total on your bill.