Is your electric meter the mechanical type that has a disc spinning? It spins faster as your usage increases. You may be able to ascertain roughly if your water heater is the culprit.
Turn the breaker off that controls the water heater. Observe how fast the disc is spinning. Then turn the breaker on and see how much it is spinning. As the water heater is a high energy consumer, it should be noticeable at your meter.
You could check your meter several times a day and see if it is spinning at the high rate and get a pretty good idea if the water heater is running all the time.
In my area, we have electronic meters and I can go online and look at my usage chart throughout the day to see things like increased air conditioner usage during the hottest part of the day during the summer.
Bob
On Dec 30, 2014, at 10:50 PM, John Burke jburke9564.1@gmail.com [DoIt_Yourself] <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com> wrote:no rate increase usage chart shows a lot of usage,
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