Nashville Electric Service/Gore House2006
High 22619 kWh Aug - Sept
Low 12541 kWh Jan - Feb
Average: 18,414 kWh per month
2005
High 20532 Sept - October
Low 12955 Feb - March
Average: 16,200 kWh per month
Bill amounts
2006 - $895.60 (low) $1738.52 (high) $1359 (average)
2005 - $853.91 (low) $1461 (high)
Nashville Gas Company
Main House
2006 - $990(high) $170 (low) $536 (average)
2005 - $1080 (high) $200 (low) $640 (average)
Guest House/Pool House
2006 - $820 (high) $70 (low) $544 (average)
2005 - $1025 (high) $25 (low) $525 (average)
The Tennessee Center for Policy Research
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http://www.tennesseepolicy.org/main/article.php?article_id=367> , an
independent, nonprofit and nonpartisan research organization, issued a press
release late Monday:
Last night, Al Gore's global-warming documentary, An Inconvenient Truth,
collected an Oscar for best documentary feature, but the Tennessee Center for Policy Research
has found that Gore deserves a gold statue for hypocrisy.
Gore's mansion, [20-room, eight-bathroom] located in the posh Belle Meade area
of Nashville, consumes more electricity every month than the average American
household uses in an entire year, according to the Nashville Electric Service
(NES).
In his documentary, the former Vice President calls on Americans to conserve
energy by reducing electricity consumption at home.
The average household in America consumes 10,656 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year,
according to the Department of Energy. In 2006, Gore devoured nearly 221,000
kWh-more than 20 times the national average.
Last August alone, Gore burned through 22,619 kWh-guzzling more than twice the
electricity in one month than an average American family uses in an entire year.
As a result of his energy consumption, Gore's average monthly electric bill
topped $1,359.
Since the release of An Inconvenient Truth, Gore's energy consumption has increased from an average of 16,200 kWh per month
in 2005, to 18,400 kWh per month in 2006.
Gore's extravagant energy use does not stop at his electric bill. Natural gas
bills for Gore's mansion and guest house averaged $1,080 per month last year.
"As the spokesman of choice for the global warming movement, Al Gore has to be
willing to walk to walk, not just talk the talk, when it comes to home energy
use," said Tennessee Center for Policy Research President Drew Johnson.
In total, Gore paid nearly $30,000 in combined electricity and natural gas bills
for his Nashville estate in 2006.
