Recent content by RichardCullip

You can have it any color you want as long as it is white.......

If I'm reading these posts correctly I see that PG&E handles the billing differently than SDG&E. Down here in SDG&E territory I am billed for NBCs in addition to the minimum daily charge. The NBCs are now a separate line item charge and are not part of the MDCs anymore.

After we got the PTO email from SDG&E my installer contact came right out and showed me how to switch it on. It’s been running smoothly ever since.

Yes, under the right circumstances it can happen quickly. It did for me back in early 2019 in SDG&E territory. Installation finished on a Monday. City inspection on Tuesday, Paperwork submitted to SDG&E on either Tuesday or Wednesday of that week with PTO granted on that Thursday.

Sounds about right to me for a south facing orientation with little to no shade in Las Vegas

You can use an online solar estimator - PVWatts

My modest 4kW system produced 26.9 kWh today (3/26). It was a good day for solar in Poway, CA

I can answer a few of your questions. I can't address the CCA vs SDG&E question since I'm in Poway and only have the choice of SDG&E If you will truly be a net producer there are better rate plans than EV-TOU-5 which has a fixed $16.00 per month charge. On all rate plans under NEM 2.0 you...

As a net producer for the year I try to minimize NBCs when charging my RAV4 Prime. If the sun is shinning brightly I charge it early afternoon so solar production supplies most of the charge. If it's a rainy/cloudy day, I charge at night during my Super Off-Peak period (after midnight). My...

Perhaps a real life example will help you understand TOU periods. Note that I am in SDG&E territory and on their TOU-DR1 rate plan so your numbers will be different but the TOU concepts will be the same. Here's my latest month's numbers For my On-Peak period I used 101kWh and solar generated...

One way to use up that credit is to use grid power, especially at peak rates rather than using your Powerwall(s). Set that reserve to a high level unless you are worried about long power outages

Only 12 panels for 8 PWs seems like a mis-match. Will you have enough solar to keep those PWs charged up? I wouldn't where I live in sunny SoCal. My NEM agreement precludes charging the PWs from the grid.

Not quite enough detail about your electricity usage, especially about how much you use in each TOU period, to give you an accurate answer. I am not on SDG&E's EV-TOU5 rate but I understand you should be paying the $16 per month service fee plus any NBCs you accumulate. SDG&E is currently...

I can't add much to this extensive post but, as I look at my latest SDG&E bill, I am producing excess solar mainly during off-peak times and drawing power from the grid during peak times. With no battery installed, that means I am currently "selling" my excess electricity to SDG&E at ~$0.36 per...

SDG&E uses the net energy from the meter on a 15 minute interval to calculate NBCs. For each 15 minute period , if you import more energy from the grid than you export, you will accumulate NBCs on the net energy for that 15 minute period. Currently SDG&E is charging $0.01971 per kWh for NBCs...