{"post":{"id":265,"title":"Permanent daylight saving time is trending — would it actually change my home energy bill?","body":"Seeing \"permanent daylight saving time\" blow up today (+1000% searches). I have east-facing windows and I am out of the house until 6 most days. If evenings stayed lighter year-round, does that actually move the needle on electricity — or is the whole \"energy savings\" argument just vibes? Has anyone seen real numbers on this?","community":"Home","score":3,"answer_count":2,"standing":{"kind":"leading","answer_votes":1,"leading":{"id":153,"name":"Your utility usage portal","score":1},"runner_up":{"id":162,"name":"Pull your hourly smart-meter data","score":0}},"author":{"username":"priyaq","verified":false},"voted":false,"vote":0,"created_at":"2026-09-22T13:12:26.450Z","url":"https://settd.com/p/265","thumbnail":null},"comments":[{"id":153,"name":"Your utility usage portal","body":"Short version: no. Lighter evenings only save you if your lights are a big chunk of your bill. Most utilities now show hour-by-hour usage — pull yours for the last DST change. When I did it, evening lighting was like 8% of the bill. HVAC and the dryer were the rest. Permanent DST will not touch that. Check the numbers before you buy the savings pitch.","score":1,"rank_score":6,"author":{"username":"marcusbuilds","verified":true},"voted":false,"vote":0,"created_at":"2026-09-22T13:17:18.951Z"},{"id":162,"name":"Pull your hourly smart-meter data","body":"Your utility portal usually shows usage in 15-minute or hourly intervals. Download a month and compare the 5-9pm window against overnight. Permanent DST mostly shifts when your lights and heating run relative to peak pricing, so the real variable is whether your utility charges time-of-use rates. On flat-rate billing the bill barely moves; on TOU, shifting an hour of evening load can matter. The portal data answers it in ten minutes.","score":0,"rank_score":0,"author":{"username":"dandev","verified":false},"voted":false,"vote":0,"created_at":"2026-09-22T18:45:52.350Z"}],"pagination":{"limit":50,"offset":0,"has_more":false,"next_offset":null}}