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The only thing that worries me is that it isn't sustainable. I assume JE/Amigo buy up futures to pay the flat buyback rate, but being with TE gives you insight into the wholesale rates and they're usually incredibly low. I'm mentally preparing for JE/Amigo to randomly end or change something...

Gotcha. I wish they offered Free Nights for everything, not just vehicles. For me, I'd pay $15 ($30 soon) a month, plus whatever I have to pay for these cloudy/rainy days where I need to draw from the grid. With JE, I start each morning at 100% PW battery and 80% charge on the model Y and...

I don't see the benefit vs. Free Nights for everything. TE is just saying free nights from 10-6 for vehicles, but you're still going to have to pay to charge your powerwalls if you get consecutive cloudy days. Am I missing something?

That's for VPP, right? Mine said the same back when I was with JE (before trying TE), and never changed.

It's hard to consider TE seriously when there are options for free nights with Amigo or JustEnergy, with a flat rate buy back. Then, when VPP eventually gets approved for PW3s, I just don't see the point of TE for a solar + pw customer. Maybe for non-solar/battery customers it makes sense, though.

Oh, duh! I knew that and completely forgot. Thanks for the correction.

I was in the farthest left lane on a three-lane highway, and on the right shoulder, there was a disabled vehicle. There weren't any vehicles anywhere near me. It was a sunny day, with no clouds and a level stretch of the highway (vs. an overpass). I'll be damned if the autopilot slowed down...

Well, I take that back; Just Energy just sent me a check for my negative balance. The rep told me they do this when the account is closed, but I figured no one gave credits back except Telsa Electric. It's hard for me not to switch back to them now. Decisions. Decisions.

I only have PW3s, no PW2s.

My max capacity will be 216 kWh some day. 👀 https://electrek.co/2024/04/11/tesla-details-powerwall-3-cheaper-stack/

Yup, I'm here all day, every day, with 1 EV charging daily.

I tried JustEnergy back in Feb, and as expected, the bill went negative. They required a $109 deposit but I assume that's because I had my credit frozen. My negative balance could pay for the termination fee, so I switched back to Tesla Electric in March to see how things would go. I was way...

23.49 kW system hit 22.9 kW just now. Not sure if that has to do with my PCS settings getting updated but I'm stoked at how close I'm maxing out.

I, for one, am just excited to finally not get any more du-nuh-nuhs (that's what my wife and I call them) for forward collision warnings. No Tesla, I will not hit the parked car in my neighborhood going 20 just because I'm dodging a trash can on the road, OK?! Seriously, the driving score...

I see. What if we just focus on the excess solar event? Could you create a trigger to fire when solar generation > home usage?

Would it be possible to set the charging priority when using Charge with Solar to prioritize the powerwall and not vehicles? I think you can do this in ChargeHQ, but would love to keep my automations in a single app.

Some good news! I was surprised to see that I received the FSD trial (received the email) even though I'm subscribed, monthly.The $199/mo renewal was coming up on April 12th, but it looks like they bumped it to May 16th to match the FSD trial end date. Sweet!

Did a manual check today and it found it. Coming from 2024.3.6, 2023 Y, HW3.

Get rid of the up-front price all-together. Make it monthly, give Tesla more reoccurring revenue, and make it $99/month, month to month, or $899 annually (discounted). While the income goes down, I'd be willing to be the quantity goes up. As a positive, Tesla gets more vehicles giving...

Negative for me.

They asked me if I had any tesla shares in 2021, then at least 500 on 2/29/2024. I completed the survey, but later got invited. I don't know if it was correlated. I did get an email a few days ago asking to provide docs on the TSLA shares. I provided, but haven't heard back. Deposit paid...

Just received 2024.3.6 while on the 2024 non-FSD branch. FSD v12 incoming! - Checking for software updates didn't help. I checked this morning (every 24 hours it lets you), and this update came at 3pm this afternoon. - HW3

The 2nd tier powerwall support team replied back that they did in fact bump me to 200A on PCS settings. I'll report back if I notice any differences (or if my house burns down).

I noticed this the other day, I thought I had just missed it previously. I still wish it had the payoff or balance on the statements. Mine just shows the payment.

Any reason to expect that disconnect experience to improve when Centerpoint approves the Tesla Backup Switch?

Got it, thanks again. Tesla Powerwall support did mention that they may not want to go all the way to 200, but would let me know what setting they adjust to after reviewing. I'll report back when I hear back.

I think I'm wrong on the 150 service amps...I looked at my main breaker and it has 150 on it, but the plan set has something different. Does this plan set show that it's actually a 200 service? Apologies in advance for the dumb question.

You're awesome, thank you for this guidance. I am speaking with Tesla Powerwall support now, and they said it is, in fact, wrong. My plan set says it supposed to be 200 amps. They put in a ticket and will update it, has to go to a higher tier to update that settings. 3-5 business days.

I appreciate all the details. 11.4.9 has been pretty good—it drives like a student driver at times, but so far it's been working well. I've mostly used it on highways so far, figuring it was just safer overall for now.

I did get a chance to log via the Tesla One app, but didn't see any limits there. In PCS Settings, I see 80A panel limit and nothing specific that catches my eye in the import & export controls.

Ah! Ok, I didn't realize Tesla would control the discharge rate in that case. Makes sense now. Sorry if I'm confusing folks on the sell event thing. Tesla Electric lets me sell back in real-time prices, and this was just one occasion where it spiked above $0.30, which triggered the...

Understood, but that wouldn't affect the powerwalls ability to discharge, right? I'm a Tesla Electric customer, so I had just assumed when sell prices spiked above $0.30 like in that screenshot, it would discharge at max rate, which is technically much higher than the 18kw it was showing in the...

I have a 23.49kw system. Claude seems to think that it's a limiting factor. 🤔

RN1129x, got my invite yesterday here in TX. Picked out the dual motor and paid deposit. TSLA shareholder, I qualify for the expedited offer, but I haven't gotten any emails about it yet.

No, I'm on 2024.2.7 and just realized I can't downgrade. 😠 $199 learning lesson lol

Here's the agreement. Cap is 42?

I received my first selling event with my 4 x PW3. 150 amp service. It seems like my powerwall discharging (combined) caps at a rate of 17-18 kW. Specs show a max discharge rate of 11.5 kW each, shouldn't it be capable of discharging faster? Or am I limited by my 150 amp service?

I subscribed monthly on March 16th. I'll update this post when/if I get the invite to 12.3 (on v11 at the moment).

Are you able to find the buyback rate? I can't seem to find it on the TOS or the EFL.

Would it have discharged that quickly? The price spike only lasted maybe from 5:15 - 6:45pm.

Record for me today - broke 100kWh! (only installed in Dec, though). Everything held up really well, but having to run my pool pumps for hours makes me regret procrastinating those upgrades. Both are single stage, so they both pull about 2.3kw a piece when they're on. 😬 Next upgrade is...

This will be my first real test of weather conditions with the new system. Glad to have it! Stay warm, everyone.

I was told when getting mine that it was 4 max and they could not be stacked due to the integrated inverters. I didn't ask specifically why the inverters prevent that though.

Weird...are you able to look up your usage here? https://www.smartmetertexas.com/home I wonder what's up with your meter. I'm with Just Energy and no issues with their free nights + buyback.

Not sure if this has been posted yet. Here's the PW3 spec sheet from my install.

I scanned the new app, besides the new icon and onboarding screens, I don't see much difference between this one and the old one. For Powerwall 3 owners, we don't have API access yet, so this has been the only way to get into the nuts and bolts of the installation. That's what I've been using...

Yup, 100% agree there. One of the reps told me their Powerwall VPP (manager?) person for all of Texas was a single person. Not sure how accurate that was, but also gave me the impression they are understaffed too. I'll be sure to post in this thread if I get any updates on VPP for PW3 or PW+.

Here's where I'm confused. Isn't joining Tesla electric with 90% buyback wholesale rates basically the same as VPP? Tesla Powerwall support did get back to me as well. I'm at JustEnergy now though. And interestingly enough, after the transition went live, I now see the VPP menu option in...

Would someone with Just Energy in Houston check and see what bureaus they do a soft check with? You can see soft checks on creditkarma. They didn’t know (which was weird). Looking to unfreeze when I plan to try free nights again. Went from Reliant Free nights paying $20/month to Tesla...

Yup, I noticed it on the latest app update. Anyone with PW3s in VPP, yet?