It's that time of the year again; time to set our clocks back an hour, return to standard time, and "gain" an extra hour. That means this Sunday, November 1 at 2:00 am, Daylight Saving Time officially ends until its return on the second Sunday in March, 2010.

Do you know why over the last few years we have had all of this adjustment to the new Daylight Saving Time process?  Remember the Energy Policy Act of 2005?  The Energy Policy Act of 2005 set out a schedule to increase the Daylight Saving Time by four weeks in an attempt to save 10,000 barrels of oil each day. 

This year was the longest and the last year of the change.  I have tried to find some statistics on what the actual energy savings has been, if any as a result of the longer Daylight Saving Time schedule, but have only been able to get a "difficult to determine actual energy savings" from the Department of Energy. Hmmm - how surprising!

I am not a fan of Daylight Saving Time - never have been.  So on Sunday remember to "FALL BACK".  I am up in Anchorage, Alaska and this will make a huge difference. The sun isn't coming up until almost 10 am and now it will be down around 4 pm.  Can't wait to get back to Bremerton in a week!