Considering all of the errors and mistakes government makes, the post about A Flock of Seagulls seems to be a perfect case of the pot calling the kettle black. (Not to mention that there is no such animal as a seagull).
An electric heater rated at 1000 watts (1 kilowatt), operating for one hour uses one kilowatt-hour (equivalent to 3.6 megajoules) of energy. A television rated at 100 watts operating for 10 hours continuously uses one kilowatt-hour. A 40-watt light bulb operating continuously for 25 hours uses one kilowatt-hour.
If you take a look at your power bill you will see that you are billed in KWh or kilo (1,000) watt hours, where 1 kilowatt hour is equal to 1,000 watts in a 1 hour time period, this is equivalent of drawing 8.3 amps during that 1 hour period.