How does my electric company know what exactly is using the electricity?

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Looking at my electric bill, there’s a section saying “this percent came from [ex: Air conditioner, major appliances (fridge, oven), etc]”. How do they know that?

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Anonymous 0 Comments

We have two standalone chest freezers. The power company keeps suggesting we get rid of our garage fridge, so they probably are looking at compressor load.

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