Greetings Braintrust!
Longtime Tesla driver/investor, first time caller.
We want to add a Powerwall or two to our home in California to keep our sump pumps and home office alive during outages.
We are 8 years into a 20 year PPA (prepaid power agreement) with Spruce Power. It's been a good deal so far, but now that we want to upgrade (add a battery), as owners of the system, they claim sole domain over any upgrades and their prices are sky high -- pretty much double.
For the price of one of theirs, I could add a couple Powerwalls as stand-alone batteries, charging directly from the grid.
My question is this: Can we add Powerwalls to the system without stepping on Spruce's domain? Perhaps by adding a second gateway with its own isolated connection to the main breaker (or a smart breaker like SPAN).
Any insights would be welcome!
Longtime Tesla driver/investor, first time caller.
We want to add a Powerwall or two to our home in California to keep our sump pumps and home office alive during outages.
We are 8 years into a 20 year PPA (prepaid power agreement) with Spruce Power. It's been a good deal so far, but now that we want to upgrade (add a battery), as owners of the system, they claim sole domain over any upgrades and their prices are sky high -- pretty much double.
For the price of one of theirs, I could add a couple Powerwalls as stand-alone batteries, charging directly from the grid.
My question is this: Can we add Powerwalls to the system without stepping on Spruce's domain? Perhaps by adding a second gateway with its own isolated connection to the main breaker (or a smart breaker like SPAN).
Any insights would be welcome!