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.
Average rate for a house in the US is 1200 watts. watts/hour is a meaningless concept. A rate of 1200 watts is 1200 joules of energy per second or 4.32 MJ per hour. That is equivalent to 1.2 kW-hours every hour. . The watt is a measure of power, i.e., energy per unit time. It is not the measure of energy used over a period of time. The appropriate measurement you want is power X time. For electrical use, the typical unit is kilowatt-hours. In my home we use about 10 kilowatt-hours per day.