(with Examples) 1  An abstract noun is a word which names something that you cannot see, hear, touch, smell, or taste. It is the opposite of a concrete noun. 2  It is not always easy to spot an abstract noun, and it is common for grammarians to argue over whether the thing represented by a noun is perceivable or not.
Household electricity use: 6,000 kWh per household per year for 3 residents average per household. So the household use per capita is 2,000 kWh or about of per capita electricity from all applications. Household Natural Gas use: 400 therms per household x 30 give 12,000 kWh equivalent electricity.
Typical Home Electricity Usage. The EIA reports that in 2007, the average American home used 936 kilowatt-hours of electricity each month. East North Central and East South Central states consumed the largest amounts of electricity at well above 250,000 kilowatt-hours a month.ising costs of electricity by local utility agencies might also help to lower consumption levels. For example, in 1995, the average retail price of electricity per kilowatt-hour to an American home was 8.4 cents.