Macbook Air Terrible Battery Life

There are a series of threads on these forums regarding the rare case where Macbook Airs get terrible battery life on Mavericks, and some of them have numerous posts telling you to make a new thread about your specific issue. Here's mine.
The issues began when I did my initial Mavericks update. I had a series of really bad things happen, so I did a cmd+R reboot, and reinstalled the OS. It didn't help, so I scheduled a Genius appointment, and they wiped the drive and installed Mavericks clean.
All of the issues are gone now, except for one: my computer gets less than half the life it did on Mountain Lion. I used to get 14-16 hours of battery life on Mountain Lion when nothing was running. I just charged it to 100% and had just 6 hours of estimated life.
I've reset both the PRAM and the SMC, and neither helped. Might you have any further ideas on how to fix this?
Note: I know that Google Chrome is less energy efficient than other browsers. With that said, I used to still get well over 10 hours at 98-100% battery life on Mountain Lion with Chrome open. My usage of Google Chrome is a constant in this equation; this issue can't be so easily dismissed as being an issue with Chrome, I think.
Here's a screenshot showing a number of things (no apps being open, the poor battery life, and activity monitor)
http://jmeas.com/files/mavericks.png
And here's an EtreCheck report:
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2013)
          MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir6,2
          1 1.7 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2 cores
          8 GB RAM
Video Information:
          Intel HD Graphics 5000 - VRAM: 1024 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0
          AirPlay: Version: 1.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3
System Software:
          OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 0 days 1:26:34
Disk Information:
          APPLE SSD SM0512F disk0 : (500.28 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 499.42 GB (317.08 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information:
          Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
          Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
          Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Kernel Extensions:
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
          [loaded] com.cocoatech.pathfinder.SMFHelper7.plist
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
          [loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2.Agent.plist
          [not loaded] com.maintain.HideSpotlightMenuBarIcon.plist
          [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
          [loaded] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
          [not loaded] com.maintain.PurgeInactiveMemory.plist
          [loaded] com.maintain.SystemEvents.plist
          [loaded] com.wacom.wacomtablet.plist
User Launch Agents:
          [loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
          [loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
          [loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.diskSpaceWatcher.plist
          [loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.scheduledScan.plist
          [loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.trashWatcher.plist
          [loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist
User Login Items:
          Flux
          iTunesHelper
          PopClip
          Moom
          Fantastical
          XtraFinder
          Jitouch
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          AirServer Preferences
          Flash Player
          Jitouch
          TeXDistPrefPane
          WacomTablet
Internet Plug-ins:
          AdobeAAMDetect.plugin
          AdobePDFViewer.plugin
          AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin
          Default Browser.plugin
          Flash Player.plugin
          FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
          googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin
          npgtpo3dautoplugin.plugin
          o1dbrowserplugin.plugin
          QuickTime Plugin.plugin
          SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
          Silverlight.plugin
          WacomNetscape.plugin
          WacomTabletPlugin.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
Bad Fonts:
          None
Time Machine:
          Skip System Files: NO
          Mobile backups: ON
          Auto backup: YES
          Volumes being backed up:
          Destinations:
                    Data [Network] (Last used)
                    Total size: 2 TB
                    Total number of backups: 16
                    Oldest backup: 2013-10-14 09:52:54 +0000
                    Last backup: 2013-10-27 15:27:27 +0000
                    Size of backup disk: Excellent
                              Backup size 2 TB > (Disk size Zero KB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU:
               3%          WindowServer
               3%          Google Chrome
               1%          EtreCheck
               1%          fontd
               1%          PopClip
               0%          Moom
               0%          Jitouch
               0%          hidd
               0%          Last.fm Scrobbler
               0%          locationd
Top Processes by Memory:
          164 MB             com.apple.IconServicesAgent
          147 MB             Google Chrome
          98 MB              WindowServer
          90 MB              Finder
          57 MB              Last.fm Scrobbler
          57 MB              mds_stores
          52 MB              Google Chrome Helper
          49 MB              Dock
          41 MB              mds
          41 MB              Fantastical
Virtual Memory Statistics:
          2.67 GB            Free RAM
          2.66 GB            Active RAM
          1.77 GB            Inactive RAM
          918 MB             Wired RAM
          1.05 GB            Page-ins
          0 B                Page-outs

This may be because Spotlight is indexing your harddrive, do not interrupt it before it's finished and then it'll be much faster and your battery while behave normally if not better !

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    Problem description:
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    Report generated 5/2/15, 8:02 PM
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        MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2012) (Technical Specifications)
        MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir5,2
        1 1.8 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
        8 GB RAM Not upgradeable
            BANK 0/DIMM0
                4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
            BANK 1/DIMM0
                4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
        Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
        Wireless:  en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n
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        Intel HD Graphics 4000
            Color LCD 1440 x 900
    System Software: ℹ️
        OS X 10.10.3 (14D136) - Time since boot: 10:53:27
    Disk Information: ℹ️
        APPLE SSD TS128E disk0 : (121.33 GB)
            EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
            Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>  [Recovery]: 650 MB
            Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 120.11 GB (105.35 GB free)
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                Core Storage: disk0s2 120.47 GB Online
    USB Information: ℹ️
        Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
        Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
        Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
        Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
            Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
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        [failed]    com.apple.mtrecorder.plist
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        [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
        [failed]    com.apple.spirecorder.plist
    User Login Items: ℹ️
        iTunesHelper    Application  (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
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        FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 17.0.0.169 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
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        QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
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    Time Machine: ℹ️
        Time Machine not configured!
    Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
             6%    WindowServer
             4%    fontd
             3%    hidd
             1%    configd
             1%    powerd
    Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
        519 MB    kernel_task
        156 MB    com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
        66 MB    Safari
        57 MB    mdworker(7)
        57 MB    Pages
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        5.28 GB    Free RAM
        2.72 GB    Used RAM
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              MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2013)
              MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir6,2
              1 1.7 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2 cores
              8 GB RAM
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              Intel HD Graphics 5000 - VRAM: (null)
    System Software:
              OS X 10.9.3 (13D65) - Uptime: 0 days 13:15:5
    Disk Information:
              APPLE SSD SM0512F disk0 : (500,28 GB)
                        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209,7 MB
                        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499,42 GB (372,12 GB free)
                        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
    USB Information:
              Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
              Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
                        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    Thunderbolt Information:
              Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
    Gatekeeper:
              Mac App Store and identified developers
    Kernel Extensions:
              [not loaded] com.NovatelWireless.driver.NovatelWirelessUSBCDCECMControl (3.0.13) Support
              [not loaded] com.NovatelWireless.driver.NovatelWirelessUSBCDCECMData (3.0.13) Support
              [not loaded] com.ZTE.driver.ZTEUSBCDCACMData (1.3.35) Support
              [not loaded] com.ZTE.driver.ZTEUSBMassStorageFilter (1.3.35) Support
              [not loaded] com.nike.sportwatch (1.0.0) Support
              [not loaded] com.novamedia.driver.IceraUSB_MSD_Bypass (1.3.0) Support
              [not loaded] com.novatelwireless.driver.3G (3.0.13) Support
              [not loaded] com.novatelwireless.driver.3GData (3.0.13) Support
              [not loaded] com.novatelwireless.driver.DisableAutoInstall (3.0.13) Support
              [not loaded] com.option.driver.Option72 (2.15.0) Support
              [not loaded] com.option.driver.OptionHS (3.26.0) Support
              [not loaded] com.option.driver.OptionMSD (1.21.0) Support
              [not loaded] com.option.driver.OptionQC (1.11.0) Support
              [kext loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt (0.0.67) Support
              [not loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverVSP (0.0.67) Support
              [not loaded] com.vodafone.driver (3.0.9) Support
              [not loaded] com.vodafone.driver.Data (3.0.9) Support
              [not loaded] com.zte.driver.cdc_ecm_qmi (1.0.26) Support
              [not loaded] com.zte.driver.cdc_usb_bus (1.0.26) Support
              [not loaded] de.novamedia.driver.NMSamsung (0.0.2) Support
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              [not loaded] de.novamedia.driver.NMUSBCDCACMData (3.2.12) Support
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              [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
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    Internet Plug-ins:
              FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Support
              QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
              Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Support
              Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
              o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.1.18709 Support
              SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.1 - SDK 10.6 Support
              googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.1.18709 Support
              JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
    Safari Extensions:
              Open in Internet Explorer: Version: 1.0
    Audio Plug-ins:
              BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
              AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
              AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
              iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
    iTunes Plug-ins:
              Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
    User Internet Plug-ins:
              OctoshapeWeb: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.8 Support
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              Flash Player  Support
              MusicManager  Support
              Xmarks for Safari  Support
    Time Machine:
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              Auto backup: YES
              Volumes being backed up:
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                        My Passport Air [Local] (Last used)
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              998 MB          Active RAM
              97 MB          Inactive RAM
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      Model Identifier:          MacBookAir6,2
      Processor Name:          Intel Core i5
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      Number of Processors:          1
      Total Number of Cores:          2
      L2 Cache (per Core):          256 KB
      L3 Cache:          3 MB
      Memory:          4 GB
      Boot ROM Version:          MBA61.0099.B07
      SMC Version (system):          2.13f7
    Battery Information:
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      Serial Number:          D86349701E7F90KAV
      Manufacturer:          SMP
      Device Name:          bq20z451
      Pack Lot Code:          0
      PCB Lot Code:          0
      Firmware Version:          511
      Hardware Revision:          000a
      Cell Revision:          1200
      Charge Information:
      Charge Remaining (mAh):          6362
      Fully Charged:          No
      Charging:          No
      Full Charge Capacity (mAh):          7023
      Health Information:
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      Condition:          Normal
      Battery Installed:          Yes
      Amperage (mA):          -1727
      Voltage (mV):          8266
    System Power Settings:
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      Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes):          10
      Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):          10
      Wake on AC Change:          No
      Wake on Clamshell Open:          Yes
      Wake on LAN:          Yes
      AutoPowerOff Delay:          14400
      AutoPowerOff Enabled:          1
      DarkWakeBackgroundTasks:          1
      Display Sleep Uses Dim:          Yes
      PrioritizeNetworkReachabilityOverSleep:          0
      Standby Delay:          10800
      Standby Enabled:          1
      Battery Power:
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      Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes):          10
      Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):          2
      Wake on AC Change:          No
      Wake on Clamshell Open:          Yes
      AutoPowerOff Delay:          14400
      AutoPowerOff Enabled:          1
      Current Power Source:          Yes
      DarkWakeBackgroundTasks:          0
      Display Sleep Uses Dim:          Yes
      Reduce Brightness:          Yes
      Standby Delay:          10800
      Standby Enabled:          1
    Hardware Configuration:
      UPS Installed:          No
    AC Charger Information:
      Connected:          No
      Charging:          No
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              [loaded] com.paragon.NTFS.upd.plist
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              [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
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              [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
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              [loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist
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              googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin
              JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
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              o1dbrowserplugin.plugin
              OVSHelper.plugin
              QuickTime Plugin.plugin
              SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
              Silverlight.plugin
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                   2%          WindowServer
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                   0%          pbs
                   0%          Microsoft Word
                   0%          fontd
                   0%          quicklookd
                   0%          Microsoft Excel
                   0%          Finder
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              164 MB             Finder
              131 MB             Microsoft Word
              106 MB             WindowServer
              98 MB              Microsoft Excel
              90 MB              Dashlane
              66 MB              Calendar
              66 MB              Google Chrome Helper
              66 MB              DashlaneAgent
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              3.45 GB            Active RAM
              1.01 GB            Inactive RAM
              858 MB             Wired RAM
              2.38 GB            Page-ins
              0 B                Page-outs

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