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Is there anything suggesting that this might be part of NEVI ? Just curious.

What does the purple ? On supercharge info mean? There are two permit found for Fullerton chargers. one has the blue permit status the other has purple?

Is there a projected time frame for approval and build out? It would be interesting to see how each NEVI company does compared to each other

not seeing V4 because it's new and because currently the major deadlines relate to NEVI and serving non-Tesla, so Tesla isn't in a rush. Because of NEVI. And the distribution of adapters to Ford and all the other legacy carmakers one would think think that Tesla would be pushing out V4’s which...

“Most Supercharger cables at [Tesla] NACS Supercharger sites should be able to reach your EV charge port; however, in some cases, you might have to park over the line in order to charge comfortably,” said Tesla. Ford F-150 Lightning and Mustang Mach-E drivers can order adapters now...

LOL

The parking lot is actually pretty roomy. The store is not seen in the pictures. There are a bunch of parking spaces directly in front of the store. The building behind the chargers is apparently a car wash in the adjacent lot

Taken 12/11/2023 Stopped by Tractot Supply and strolled over to take a few pictures

I used to think that too. But as Redhill pointed out, you have to "expend" a kWh of solar to cancel out each kWh imported before you can start taking credit for NSC. Basically you need to generate and send back to the grid roughly 1.4 kWh solar for each 1kWh imported just to break even...

Redoing the math it looks like you have to send back roughly 1.46kWh of solar to compensate for each 1kWh you import from grid to break even when using NBC and NSC ( This is for net massive exporter where retail pricing is no longer relevant) So best to utilize the solar for your own needs...

OK thanks. That makes more sense now, I thought I was missing something.

When charging on solar there is no NBC since you're not importing anything. So it costs you nothing and you gain nothing. But if you export 1kW solar you get aprox .07 from PGE at true up. If you charge at night 1kW it costs you .04 for NBC so net if you exported 1kW during day and...

h20fun, When exporting so much do you find that the net surplus compensation greatly exceeds the NBC? It seems like the NBC is always smaller, almost 1/2 the amount of the NSC per kWh. I ask this because am wondering if it is financially more worthwhile (small though it may be) to charge off...

Thanks for the NBC info. I’m just now starting to factor that in. Also realizing why charge on solar makes sense financially for some people Is this the chart for compensation for pge net producers at true up...

How are the Tesla Texas VPP doing currently with the current Texas heat wave?

CAISO EEA Watch NOTICE [202302774] An Energy Emergency Alert (EEA) Watch has been declared for the California ISO for the CAISO Grid, effective 07/26/2023 18:00 through 07/26/2023 22:00. So what are chances of VPP event today?

Bump. It's a common practice to leave charge ports open at work when parking next to a used charger. I just tried to do it for the first time and ran into the exact same problem as the OP in that the adapter doesn't get locked in unless there is a charging cord attached to it. Locks...

Did the retrofit yesterday using bundle from 2muchsun on 2018 Model 3. Followed these directions https://www.2muchsun.com/single-post/how-to-enable-ccs-adapter-support-on-model-3-and-y Heard all sorts of sounds coming from the car while it was updating. Whining clacking bumping noises...

I asked ohmconnect how they were compensated for powerwall users and this is their response: To be fully transparent, when we have customers with solar/Powerwalls and they have a negative average usage for a specific event, we cannot count that energy savings towards our total "energy reduction...

My Pw is doing the same thing as you described since my solar took care of all the house I didn’t think much of it. I waited till 555pm and hit the export button. Maybe switch to to self powered instead of changing your reserves so you don’t do the unthinkable of using grid power during...

Suggest you just manually turn on export everything right at 6pm today

The EV has to be actively charging at least 30 minutes or more prior to the start of the event to get the 1200 watts participation award. Yes, you do get credit when charging off 110V at 5amps. I exchanged my Model 3 for my son's Bolt so I don't know if it has been draining the car or not...

Ouch. that's a lot of watts your leaving unused. When you participate, ohmconnect puts your PW into standby mode and sets your reserve to 20%. presumably so that you don't use up your stored energy ahead of dumping it. I manually turn ON export everything at the start of the event...

Yes those spikes are when charging. Its a VERY costly way of bumping up your average. But if you are expecting net positive exporter it MIGHT pay off. If you know when actual Flex Alerts are going to happen and get the surge bonus then for sure it pays off. See this recent example for Sep...

Good point, I thought it was set and forget, but you do have to select export everything before an event AND turn it off after an event if you don't want to continue discharging down to your reserve. So there is more work to be done compared to VPP.

Just received results / “payment” for 9/14 ohmevent. It takes about two business days to get results. This is the example of no manipulation of baseline. Received $19.32 There was another event on 9/15 from 6-7pm Why idk. Load freq balancing???? Just another opportunity to pay for Pw...

I've been able to switch export on and off using the export only and adjacent solar button it takes a little time but can be done. an immediate stop to exporting is sliding the reserve button to 100% reserve. One solution is to just let PW power your home only upto 8pm then export...

have your cake and eat it too: Can you hold off exporting from 7-8pm early summer and 6-7pm late summer? those are the golden hours where most ohmevents occur. how do you time your exports? i wish there was an arbitrage button where you set your reserve and tesla app will dump your...

You get diamond tier by decreasing usage by 80% which is pretty much automatically done when discharging PW . I'm just reporting the actual money received $1000 is actually $900 cash via paypal and $100 gift card. I had to redeem watts to get the cash. If you see the redemption...

I thought $1,000. Vs $500 would be self explanatory. But I think I may have muddled things with too much verbiage Here are some pictures from my ohmconnect account and you can draw your own conclusions You don’t have to sit in the dark with the ac off to make bank. But it does help if you do 😊

In PGE country its your actual baseline average . There is no 2000 watts to be found in their calculations here. I posted actual baseline figures from ohmconnect but it says you have to have an upgrade to view it. A picture is worth a thousand words. I just tried posting a baseline screen...

I’m sure they will adjust. How did they adjust previously? It would seem like they would want to attract more pw’s to make a bigger impact Anyways. I’m a PW mercenary. Willing to hire out to the highest bidder. Btw there’s another ohmhour happening tomorrow between 6-7pm. Why?? Idk. But...

If you turn on the export everything button and leave it there ohmconnect puts your PW into standby before the event discharges the PW during the event and turns it back to regular powering the home after the event happens. its set and forget. You get 1200 watts bonus each 1 hour event...

Bottomline Ohmconnect compensated higher than Tesla VPP from 8/17 to 9/9 for me YMMV.: $1,010.09 for Ohmconnect vs. estimated $509.68 for Tesla VPP Breakdown of ohmconnect earnings: $778.57 during actual flex alerts + $131.52 non flex alert events + $100 giftcards total $1,010.09...

With this run of Flex Alerts a DRP has asked for a W9 which was not anticipated, but makes unfortunate sense. So make sure you account for that in your calculations.

It’s a two edged sword bec most of the time it is well below $2000 during events. Though this week has not been ordinary. Some DRP’s are paying out 4x rate for todays event

With the summer off peak/Peak of EV2A at .25/.56 vs Tou-C at 34-43 / .40-.49 How does one get a better return with Tou C? The difference between off-peak and peak is so much greater with EV2A, so I was thinking of filling the PW at .25 and selling it at .56. Which sounds better than...

I was told by installer that if you have a battery with your solar you qualify. May want to give pge a call. Bec not benefiting from your battery on weekend or the whole of winter is 👎

https://www.pge.com/tariffs/Res_Inclu_TOU_Current.xlsx Is there anything better than Ev2A if you have solar and a powerwall and are net exporting?

OC event tomorrow is 6-9pm and they are offering bonuses so they must really need the help tomorrow. Thanks for the. ISO today app. Gives a lot of interesting information

Critical point. If you are expecting NEM credits better to export during the events and draw peak power later or earliar in day. Think of it as a way of using up those credits efficiently.

https://electrek.co/2022/09/02/tesla-virtual-power-plant-growing/#disqus_thread From the above article "Many Tesla Powerwall owners participating in the event are reporting being credited between $30 and $40 for the short event." Has anybody actually received credit for these events?, very...

It looks like Tesla VPP uses the same avg that ohmconnect uses. For weekdays thats the average of NET usage over last 10 days, event days excluded. The net usage includes discharge to the grid from your solar, which happens if you use your pw to power your home during peak hours while the...

It's a 3 hour event. That will suck a fully charged pw dry. So you end up using the grid at peak and partial peak time upto midnight in PGE land. Which may not be a bad trade off when you get $2 per kwh for exporting.

I'm hoping that VPP/Ohmconnect becomes so big that PGE becomes dependent on it and can't afford to alienate powerwall and Vehicle to Grid owners. If you have enough capacity to spare about 4.5 kwh per powerwall per event and still have enough reserve to last you until your next recharge you...

Correct. You can only join one program at a time. If anyone knows of other similar programs please let me know. Of note. my experience has been with PGE, IDK how ohmconnect works with SCE, SDGE , New York and in Texas.

For powerwall owners who are net exporters Ohmconnect is much more lucrative then Tesla VPP at this point. If you do the bare minimum and set your reserve and select export everything you will quickly reach the max payout of $1 for every 635watts exported. Which comes out to about $15.74 per...

Bingo. I only use export everything during ohmevents. I guess to maximize payback you can dump everything the last few hours of peak time on a daily basis. The ohmconnect route is much more valuable and less wear on battery. . I’ve shown my payback so far Is there any better way to...

I also dropped out because powerwall and solar did not help, and you were often times punished. HOWEVER, I stumbled upon the Export Everything button end of June 2022 and that changed everything. Now you can choose when to dump your powerwall contents to the grid. Ohmhours have occurred...