Recent content by pgrovetom1

I have about 15KW of Solar and 3 Power Walls and have been on the old E-6 plan. PG&E is eliminating E-6 and wants me to choose a new plan and says they will select E-TOU-C if I do nothing. When I look at the E-TOU-E versus E-TOU-D, its not obvious with a model which is better. Summer time and...

My Power Wall was installed before Tesla required combined their solar and Power walls. I have 3 Power Walls that have run and worked normally for about 3 years. Yesterday I say it went offline and all the App provides is Scan my code ( with what and why is not explained) or enter my TSN and...

Thanks. I think I've got balanced mode doing what I want by setting my E6 TOU times and adjusting my reserve to 65%. Each morning as my solar begins to come up, it is able to fully charge my PWs before 1PM and then at 1PM ( peak start) it begins back feeding PG&E fully. Then as solar and peak...

Makes sense. Since Tesla handled everything on the PW addition, they applied for the permit and wouldn't they have applied for the PW PTO? I would think they would arrange for the PW permission to operate. PG&E came out and disconnected the mains for my main panel upgrade and returned and they...

Agreed!. So I'm trying to tap into the knowledge here so as to better understand what is "best" for me and how to operate in the way best for me. Its complicated. I'm surprised Tesla hasn't built a modeling program. With just this one thread I've learned about a number of things that might...

Thanks. Good to know E6 is changing sooner. That should make it easier since solar production maximum and peak rates no longer overlap. The tricky part is knowing if my expectations are being met. It takes a bit of effort to go over every statement to know if you are doing ok. And those are...

I also missed the PSPS by about 5 miles. Lucky! It seems like playing around and really knowing what is happening is tough as for years I tried to go over the monthly bills but there is so much variation in situation that I gave up and waited for my true-up. Waiting a year doesn't work too...

Does the backup reserve apply to advanced mode? It would seem setting the backup reserve to a higher number would prevent using power wall discharge overnight when rates are low. Why waste power wall charge when rates are the lowest overnight when I just need to use valuable peak solar to...

Thanks. My very first thinking ( without to much detailed analysis) is I'm not going to make any additional money on the power walls since my summer peak ( when I get the most credit ) is from 1-7PM ( on E6) is when my solar was pumping its maximum power into the grid and getting top credit. If...

Well my nightmare continued for a while. The sub-contractor Tesla hired took a few months more but they did a nice install but Tesla wanted to finish the solar hookup - seemed silly! I had dug a trench making it trivial to run around my old panel pole a directly to the generation panel. The sub...

Thanks. What is NEM 1.0 vs 2.0? What is a PTO application? I installed my solar in 2008 and added more in 2012. If the PTO is the application to PG&E for interconnect, my addition was under a building permit but I didn't think to advise PG&E. My situation is slightly more complicated as I'm...

I've just had my new 3 Power Wall 2's turned up with my existing 16KW of solar and I've begun playing with the modes. I'm wondering if anyone has done an analysis and knows pros and cons of Self Powering versus trying to optimize TOU ( PG&E E6 ) using the advanced Time Based Control. I was also...

Looks like I was wrong about the Tesla contractor. Now my 3 PW system is delayed once again. No date given. Tesla Energy SUCKS!

I know a third party installer would do better. Tesla sent one team with one of their electricians and he had a mental plan that included my existing main panel and they put in the PWs and panels in my photo, then a second team came to "finish" it without knowing what "it" is. They second...

Its now been a month and my 3 Powerwalls and all 4 panels are just sitting there not yet wired. I struggled through the crazy billing and Tesla had a local contractor contact me to sort out their mess. They just could not figure out how to get the wiring to work out. I spoke to the local...