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> Wasn't it supposed to decrease electricity usage? If I remember correctly it was one of the arguments for DST.

It was, and did, but that was based on a time when lighting drove total electrical load. That's no longer the case due to increasing energy efficiency in lighting and the growth of other common electrical loads.



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