How Do You Convert Megawatts To Kilowatt Hours?
A kilowatt is the general term used to describe the amount of electrical energy consumed by a common household. In fact, your monthly bill from the power utility company bases its monetary charges on kilowatt-hours (KWH), which represent the amount of total electrical power used in a monthly billing period. A single KWH is equal to 1,000 watts consumed in one hour. One megawatt is equal to 1,000,000 watts or 1,000 kilowatts. Converting megawatts into kilowatt-hours is a time-based calculation that employs basic division and multiplication skills. Examine your monthly electrical bill. It will indicate the total electrical power your household has consumed over the past month. The average electrical consumption for the United States, based on 2007 data, was approximately 936 KWH. Find the megawatt-hours (MWH) consumed by the United States average monthly bill as given in Step 1. You can calculate your own electrical bill by averaging the yearly total and substituting that number with the
