My Tesla solar/powerwall installed finished last week. 18kW solar and 2 Powerwalls (Not powerwall+). Two Tesla inverters. Assuming all goes well, it'll be 6ish weeks before I have permission to operate.
My utility, Colorado Springs Utilities, states in interconnection agreement basically that "any grid intertied solar system must be inspected prior to operation". I'm thinking about disconnecting my home from the power grid by pulling the newly installed master disconnect, then powering up my solar. I have enough solar/batteries to run indefinitely off-grid. My thought process is Tesla won't care, because they already checked out the system and tested it themselves, and it changes nothing with them whether my solar is on or off right now. And the utility would care if I was running grid intertied, but I'm not going to do that since it'll be physically connected. Maybe they'll care because of lost revenue because I'll be using no electricity from the utility... What even happens if they find out? Is it illegal or just not technically following all rules?
The catch with my system is that in order for the solar to complete circuit to my home grid I have to raise the lever on this meter connection point. when the lever is down, since there is no meter installed, it's an open circuit. So I can raise the lever to bypass the meter and get my solar operational, but I'm not sure if that bypass is designed for continuous use or just temporary testing.
Thanks for any help
My utility, Colorado Springs Utilities, states in interconnection agreement basically that "any grid intertied solar system must be inspected prior to operation". I'm thinking about disconnecting my home from the power grid by pulling the newly installed master disconnect, then powering up my solar. I have enough solar/batteries to run indefinitely off-grid. My thought process is Tesla won't care, because they already checked out the system and tested it themselves, and it changes nothing with them whether my solar is on or off right now. And the utility would care if I was running grid intertied, but I'm not going to do that since it'll be physically connected. Maybe they'll care because of lost revenue because I'll be using no electricity from the utility... What even happens if they find out? Is it illegal or just not technically following all rules?
The catch with my system is that in order for the solar to complete circuit to my home grid I have to raise the lever on this meter connection point. when the lever is down, since there is no meter installed, it's an open circuit. So I can raise the lever to bypass the meter and get my solar operational, but I'm not sure if that bypass is designed for continuous use or just temporary testing.
Thanks for any help