I saw that and thought it might just be a place holder, but PG&E has actually proposed this a couple of times to the CPUC for "electrification" households, which are ones that have converted to electric heat pumps for water or climate control and the NEM 3.0 proposal has many occurrences of "promote electrification" and "electrification retail rate", so we will need to wait and see what happens here.
But at least you got your batteries at a low price.Though it's rare, if you export more electricity than you import in a 12-month period, you will be paid “net surplus compensation” of a few cents per excess kilowatt-hour. Because this rate is so low, it is generally not in your financial interest to install a solar system that produces much more energy than you use.
Yep, I am one of those rare, dumb birds.
I would take "fixed charge" to be different from a "minimum charge". The former being on top of any usage charges, the latter meaning "round up if your usage charges are too low".
SCE calls it a Basic Charge, and it can't be offset by usage or export credit.
In Section 8.4.7 Minimum Bill (page 125) it says "This decision declines to establish a minimum bill requirement as part of the successor tariff. This decision clarifies that certain rate schedules for which successor tariff customers are eligible may require a minimum bill." One of the PG&E E-ELEC tariff proposals mentioned a $15/month charge and @power.saver mentioned that the SCE TOU-PRIME has a $0.46/day minimum.
I would prefer to see the export credit be tied to the TOU generation rate versus the vaguely defined export credit that is variable depending on the hour and will be much lower during most of the day except for the two peak hours, but I think this is far better than the December 2021 version.
$15 a month that their program calculates continuously?
On top of that minimum monthly charge?It isn't clear if the $15 is a replacement for MDCs or in addition. That would be the tariff details which don't seem to be available.$15 a month that their program calculates continuously?
Until new rates are made for everyone which will have a fixed rate component and a lower volumetric rate the E-ELEC rate will be used for new solar customers. The E-ELEC rate should become effective in December for non-solar customers and everyone next year. Basically EV2 with $15 monthly fee and lower winter rates.
Net surplus is much worse in NBT (NEM 3.0) because they reduce your regular TOU export compensation by the kWh of surplus. Basically, you will only get the net surplus compensation on any excess exports. You really don't want to be a net exporter. Proposed text below.Though it's rare, if you export more electricity than you import in a 12-month period, you will be paid “net surplus compensation” of a few cents per excess kilowatt-hour. Because this rate is so low, it is generally not in your financial interest to install a solar system that produces much more energy than you use.
Yep, I am one of those rare, dumb birds.
"Electric Schedule E-ELEC, that would be available to residential customers with any of the following technologies: (1) electric vehicles; (2) energy storage (e.g., batteries); or (3) electric heat pumps for water heating or climate control (space heating and/or cooling)."
Mandatory for solar with NBT. Optional for others with the listed technologies. Really not desirable without storage batteries.
So, in certain circumstances if you do mostly/all self-consumption, you may be better off if you don't do net billing. Would that be allowed? I.e., not export or waive compensation for exports to waive the $15/month fee?
No. If you're interconnected, then you must be on NBT. That's really no change from today, except there is only one rate you can be on.
