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[Tdreamer]

They activated ConnectedSolutions before you got PTO?? Interesting.

Yup - I thought it was rather interesting as well. Our Powerwalls were installed and commissioned (but not actually electrically connected) a few weeks before the solar roof install due to a variety of scheduling issues on Tesla's end. This shouldn't be an issue - after all, the batteries should not be charging because I don't have PTO and haven't flipped the breaker on the solar right? With no charge (or the factory default ~20% charge) there is no need to worry about a discharge to the grid.

 

[Tdreamer]

Am curious.. if you login to your gateway and go to /api/customer/registration what so you see? Mine says

{"privacy_notice":null,"limited_warranty":null,"grid_services":null,"marketing":null,"registered":true,"timed_out_registration":false}

/api/system_status/grid_status

{"grid_status":"SystemGridConnected","grid_services_active":false}

{"privacy_notice":null,"limited_warranty":null,"grid_services":null,"marketing":null,"registered":true,"timed_out_registration":false}
and
{"grid_status":"SystemIslandedActive","grid_services_active":true}

I'm currently off grid for another 29 minutes until 7pm when the battery discharge window closes and I click the go-on-grid button again.

 

[Tdreamer]

{"privacy_notice":null,"limited_warranty":null,"grid_services":null,"marketing":null,"registered":true,"timed_out_registration":false}
and
{"grid_status":"SystemIslandedActive","grid_services_active":true}

I'm currently off grid for another 29 minutes until 7pm when the battery discharge window closes and I click the go-on-grid button again.

And like magic, I now have my production and net meter installed. Squeaky wheel gets results once again.

 

[OptionalUpgrd]

This is a very resourceful thread. Thank you for all the detail!

Pardon the Dumb question: I am going to have a major renovation coming up to my second story which will prevent me from putting in solar on at least half the roof. Can I just do a power wall(s) for now and hook up solar at a later date? I’d prefer the PWs over a propane generator as it would appear the cost is roughly the same but I’d get the benefit of the rebates from Nat Grid.

Am I thinking through this the right way, or should I wait until I can do solar + PW?

 

[appleguru]

This is a very resourceful thread. Thank you for all the detail!

Pardon the Dumb question: I am going to have a major renovation coming up to my second story which will prevent me from putting in solar on at least half the roof. Can I just do a power wall(s) for now and hook up solar at a later date? I’d prefer the PWs over a propane generator as it would appear the cost is roughly the same but I’d get the benefit of the rebates from Nat Grid.

Am I thinking through this the right way, or should I wait until I can do solar + PW?

Biggest reason to wait IMO would be to be able to get the federal Solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC) to cover the powerwalls too (which require that they be charged at least 75% of the time from solar). If you install PWs now, you'd get 0 back for those, but your solar portion would still be eligible. (Tesla also stopped taking orders for "powerwall only" installs as far as I'm aware, so you'd have to have a 3rd party installer put them in. And last I heard inventory for non-Tesla orders is super backed up still).

 

[masam]

Reviving this thread again - anyone get their payment for Summer 2021 yet ?

 

[adspguy]

Reviving this thread again - anyone get their payment for Summer 2021 yet ?

I received my summer connectedsolutions payment from Eversource directly on 12/20/21. Last time it came from Tesla.

 

[masam]

I received my summer connectedsolutions payment from Eversource directly on 12/20/21. Last time it came from Tesla.

Thanks for the update ! I am in NG territory and same as you, the last Summer (and Winter 2021) payment came from Tesla. I wonder if it's time to follow up with NG themselves and see if they've changed the reimbursement process.

 

[Tdreamer]

I received what I believe to be my first payment from Eversource about 12/20/21. Our system was completed at the end of July and PTO issued in late September Surprised I got anything.

 

[appleguru]

I received what I believe to be my first payment from Eversource about 12/20/21. Our system was completed at the end of July and PTO issued in late September Surprised I got anything.

Given that timing, that’s most likely a SMART payment and not connected solutions?

 

[jsurpless]

Could you tell us what the check specifically said, in terms of who it was from?

My mom received a check from NSTAR DGEN or similar for more than I had expected for either CS or SMART. So it's unclear what it is.

 

[Tdreamer]

Mine was from NSTAR ELECTRIC - EAST DISTRIB DBA EVERSOURCE ENERGY. It had an invoice number but no descriptive information whatsoever describing what the payment was for.

 

[adspguy]

In my case I am confident that it was the connectedsolutions payment. My SMART payments appear monthly as a direct deposit and I just received my monthly deposit.

 

[adspguy]

For what it’s worth the SMART payments have always been identified as such.

 

[Tdreamer]

Just got an e-mail from Eversource overnight about a SMART payment (my first) being issued covering 8/27-9/29 that I should be receiving w/in 10 business days.

 

[jsurpless]

In my case I am confident that it was the connectedsolutions payment. My SMART payments appear monthly as a direct deposit and I just received my monthly deposit.

What makes you confident that it's the CS payment? What confuses me is that if it is CS, it's about 20% more than it should be, based on my average kW calculations. So either my calcs are off or something else is going on. Perhaps Tesla didn't take its cut?

 

[adspguy]

What makes you confident that it's the CS payment? What confuses me is that if it is CS, it's about 20% more than it should be, based on my average kW calculations. So either my calcs are off or something else is going on. Perhaps Tesla didn't take its cut?

It did seem to not have Tesla's cut removed. I got ~$2200 and had basically run 10kW during their discharges.

 

[cfbackrow]

My solar was put up in late June..I have National grid, anyone know when I should start receiving payments from Smart plan?

 

[jsurpless]

My solar was put up in late June..I have National grid, anyone know when I should start receiving payments from Smart plan?

My mom got PTO in early June, just received notice for her 1st SMART payment (June - Sept) the other day.

It took her forever for it to get processed. She received claim approval on 11/8/21

 

[adspguy]

My Eversource SMART payments come monthly, three months after the month they cover. the very first payment covered all generation from when the generation meter was installed, but didn’t come until 3 months after PTO.