HOOOLLLEEEYYYY SH!!!!!!TTTTTT THEY ACTUALLY DID ITTTTTTTTTTTTT
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PG&E's interconnection manager said she has contacted Tesla to authorize my Gateway ID to have both solar and battery export to the grid. Since this is what my PTO agreement allows. She said I'm the first and only customer she's ever had to do this for. YESSSSSSSSSS.
So I called up Tesla support. And the guy on the phone today says that a Powerwall system NEEDS AT LEAST 3x Powerwalls to be able to grid export in PG&E's area. He added that systems with 2 or fewer Powerwalls shouldn't grid export from the ESS. I'm like ... WHAT?
I told him a few days ago... the Tesla rep told me that my 3x Powerwall 2 system is barred from grid exporting from the batteries because 3x exceeds some 10 kW limit/rule.
But now he tells me that for PG&E, a home should have 3x or more Powerwall 2 to grid export stored energy from the batteries. Because for PG&E anything 10 kW or less wouldn't qualify for grid exporting under a NEM2-MT interconnection. He said NEM2-PS isn't supposed to allow grid exporting from the batteries outside of Tesla's VPP; because by definition the NEM2-PS was just a solar pairing where only solar generation could hit the grid. But MT would actually allow you to export both solar generation and battery export.
This also explains why I have insurance to protect PG&E's grid from my 15 kW ESS export and 7 kW solar export, but I don't know if
@Vines or
@h2ofun got this insurance for their NEM2-MT.
Anyway the new rep today pushed some button and magically I have the Energy Exports option on my app now. This is soooooooo confusing. But I can't argue with the outcome! I can finally bank some peak credits to not be a NEM deficit even with my small-azz solar array.