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I live quite a distance away from those areas. Further down, in Fairfield County, there are more options than just Eversource. A simple Google search will tell you.

So the 11% drop as of this morning for me isn't real? Seems sketchy to me.

So does anyone have a concrete answer as to the expected loss from PWs over time?

I'm in the same exact boat. I just changed to back up only at 100% and ill keep an eye on it and see if it makes a difference. My PWs are now at 89% down 2% from 24 hrs ago.

Not really. We had that snow storm in the North East this week and I quickly changed the reserve to 100% just to force the PWs to hold their entire charge. I normally keep them at 70% but with the pending storm I bumped it up to 100%. We also had no outages which was shocking to me. So nothing...

My reserve is set at 100%. My PWs are in my basement where its no colder than 60 degrees.

On Wednesday Dec 16th my 4 powerwalls went into Storm Watch mode and were filled up to 100%. Storm watch lasted into December 17th which ended around 1200 in the afternoon. I never lost power or drew anything from the PWs. As of right now December 19th my powerwalls are showing 90% reserve. I'm...

Here in CT we have that option. Its called Connected Solutions. Battery Storage Demand Response As for my storm watch I am in area under a Winter Weather Advisory and storm watch is not initiated. I should be able to charge my powerwalls on demand anyway I please. This is very frustrating and...

I'm in self-powered mode so the batteries are charged and used everyday. I also have storm watch initiated but it is not activated. It seems dumb and not ustomer friendly to not allow the customer to pick and choose when and how to charge the powerwalls.

Hello all. I've had my system up and running for almost 2 months now with no issues. Today in the north east, its snowing and my panels are covered in 3 inches of snow and aren't producing at all. My 4 powerwalls are at 4% and we are supposed to get high winds with the inevitable power loss. I'd...

So system install was complete 3 days ago and is running pretty well thus far. Panels are up and producing but are also quite dirty somehow so I will be cleaning them in the next few days. My 4 Powerwalls are also doing a good job and are running my entire house over night with plenty of left...

End of day 2; Powerwalls are up and running. Seems like they were shipped with about 22% in all four of. Tried the off grid test and that failed instantly. After about 1.5 of testing and calls it was determined that the Gateway 2 was the issue. It was discovered that during the mock up I was...

Start of day 2 and inverters are mounted

Just some random observations; My guys used a normal hand truck and not the fancy powerwall lift hand truck I have seen on other installs for the powerwalls I have 2 crews of electricians on sight who said they were alloted 44 hours each to install the powerwalls. Tesla dictates 11 hours per...

Powerwalls mounted

Today is the first day of my install which was supposed to last only two days. Unfortunately it is raining here in Connecticut so the solar lead arrived and stated they were have to reschedule to tomorrow and Friday. In the mean time I have 4 electricians in my basment currently mounting 4 power...

Sounds like i should back out of this before my install next week

Wow. Thats surprising. I wonder who's dropping the ball then?

Has storm watch been activated? I know there is a tornado warning in Litchfield County. Id be shocked to hear that storm watch isn't activated already.

Sounds concerning that Eversource is pulling so much and so often. It would be nice for the idea or theory of connected solutions to be customizable for every customer. Either way it is a voluntary program so opting out seems like a reasonable option until they get their ducks in a row. I will...

I received the paperwork through tesla who in turn submitted it to Eversource. It looks like if you email [email protected] with "unenroll" in the subject line at the end of a season they will take you off of the program and you still will get paid for that season. ConnectedSolutions...

Eversource did not have anything stipulated saying you can request the amount of charge you want reserved. I signed the connected solutions paperwork 3 weeks ago and do no recall seeing that at all. I also was told people are reimbursed quarterly from Eversource. How many PWs do you have?

I am also in CT and have my install scheduled for 9/30/20 for 4 powerwalls along with a contract with connected solutions. This seems like total overkill if there are 5 events per week through Eversource. What are the hours that the events normally occur? Have you received any compensation yet...

Thanks for the replies everybody. I pulled the trigger today and placed my order and finalized my financing. Hope its a smooth ride from here.

Well i hope my system, if I go forward produces enough to atleast cover my household needs. But I will also look into connect solutions. Thanks!

Yea I have one of those already. Ill switch it over to hybrid mode this morning and see if there's any real adjustments in my energy usage over 30 days. So i guess I'm still scratching my head on this one. Should I stop being apprehensive and place the order with Tesla or should I back out of...

Is there a "better" inverter I should be looking for or asking for? I used what the website applied on its own. I guess I have to redo it and see what it spits out this time.

I have a in home energy assessment scheduled for next week hoping I can see if there are any real energy issues with the house.

PVWatts said i would have an output of 18,221 kWH / per year I went off the "generation service charge" listed on my bill @ .09414 . If thats correct. Sorry for being clueless.

So based upon my meter reads from last year I average 1229 kWh per month. And its nice to know that they underestimate the power of the system. I will also go ahead and try out the PVWatt estimator and report back. As for the inverter this is what tesla sent to me. To be honest this is all very...

Sorry for my naivety but what is TOU? And yes unfortunately my house does not face south but I can say we get plenty of sunshine being on a mountain. I wish i could estimate how much this system would actually push out but I guess thats where this entire solar panel venture is somewhat of a...

Mainly energy independence. And my utility provider, Eversource, does in fact do net metering. Outages vary depending on storms but normally 2 to 3 per year which can be a few hours to a few days, hence the 4 powerwalls lol.

Hi All, I found this forum last week and I have been reading over the ton of information that is discussed inside. I just placed an order for 16.32kW + 4 powerwalls last night on 7/11/20 and had a reply today from Tesla with the solar design. To my dismay it appears as though my roof isn't...