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It initially looked like the post above (as I remember) but now it looks like this:

How is the battery degradation graph supposed to look in the new version? I have 3 powerwalls and there is a percentage of degradation shown for all 3 in the table. However there is nothing showing in the graph (other than dashed lines at 13.5 and 9.5 kWh) and the dates are all 12/30/1899. I...

FYI, I used to have a sluggishness problem but it cleared itself up several months back (perhaps with one of the updates) but now it has returned.

The percent self-powered is the amount you draw from your solar and Powerwalls vs the grid. Drawing from the grid will lower the percentage even if you put more into the grid than you take out. If you don't draw anything from the grid it will show 100% self-powered.

Thanks, I had a brain fart on the message.

I'm having some problems with changing the operational mode in Automation. Initially I was getting an error when I tested an automation that switches to Time-Based Control. I logged out/in again and tried again. It now says the test was successful but the message says it is in Self-Powered...

Yea, the story says $24.15 is the latest proposed monthly fixed charge. The $51 and $73 rates were turned down. Personally, I could live with $24.15 but it would be interesting to see is treated like a minimum delivery charge or if any energy use gets tacked on to the fixed fee.

There was also a question answered about how they are going to determine income level. For CARE and FERA customers they stated it wasn't necessary because that was already established. They stated for the 3rd bracket it wasn't necessary but there are 4 brackets in the tables. I don't...

Are the fixed monthly charges they are proposing completely separate from the additional energy fees? Or are they like the current minimum delivery charges (MDCs) and can they be used to offset energy charges and non-bypassable charges (NBCs)? Or perhaps MDCs remain a small component of the...

With regards to Minimum Delivery Charges (MDCs) and being a Net Generator, my MDCs appear to be a little less than $12/month or about $140/year. These accrue over the year and can be used to offset Non-Bypassable Charges (NBCs) at true-up. So if the NBCs are about $0.03/kWh then I should...

Yea, my gut was telling me that but I hadn't run the numbers. Thanks for the confirmation.

One thing I haven't wrapped my head around is whether you better off running off the Powerwalls at night or drawing from the grid as soon as peak rates end. If you run off the Powerwalls then you avoid NBCs for that period. But then you have the 10% round trip loss that needs to be made up...

There is a long post somewhere on this forum of all the things I tried to get it to work the way I wanted. At one point I gave it a week to settle in and it never did. And some of the settings resulted in things I definitely didn't want, like pulling from the grid during peak. With SP and...

I had tried setting my sell price to something like 50% lower than my buy price during peak per recommendations from people on this forum. It would continue to sell power to the grid during peak even after my Powerwalls were drawn down well below fully charged. And then it started doing...

I have the options to export Solar only, Everything (solar and battery), or No exports. I want to be able to export solar but not battery so I have it set to Solar only. Yes, I'm on PG&E. I want to switch to Pioneer but it would cost me too much to switch since my PG&E true-up is in...