In article , dpb wrote:

All true but it's still hard to believe the "average house" over 75% in
standby, even for electronics. Maybe I have a hard time thinking that
because I'm sure my house is far below average in numbers of these
devices so I suspect my estimate of "average" is skewed as compared to
the sample mean.

That's not what the article said. This is: "In the average home, 75% of the
electricity used to power home electronics is consumed while the products are
turned off."

That's not saying that 75% of the total electricity use in the home is used to
power electronic equipment on standby. It's saying that 75% of the electricity
used to power electronic equipment -- which is surely only a fairly small
fraction of total use -- is consumed while the equipment is on standby. Seems
reasonable to me.