It's also entirely possible that your power draw is coming from something unexpected and unpleasant (e.g., a wire going from your place to a neighbors' place).
That possibility has been checked pretty thoroughly. The power comes in off the pole and down a steel pipe into the meter. (photo) Someone could easily steal power ahead of the meter, but the meter is set into an 8" steel-reinforced brick wall, and the only way to tap into the metered power is inside the house.
You have me thinking, though. I will have my contractor check VERY carefully that no circuits from the two bottom floors of the house are somehow going through my meter. Carlos, a man who I have good reason to trust absolutely and completely owns the bottom of the house, and he mentioned that his electric bills are a small fraction of mine...
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