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stevemcsheen said:

Powerwall 2 battery usage customization update out today for iOS! I believe I am at 59% or so when the solar starts to kick in to refill the battery in the morning so I set it at 50% reserved for backup power for now. Will adjust as the time of year and weather changes. Very nice to see this capability added today!

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Great to see this progress! Next, Tesla needs to allow PW2 owners to customize the time period during which to draw power from the battery. While we don't generate enough solar energy to eliminate grid usage, we want to be self sufficient during "peak" hours, which are 2pm - 8pm on our TOU rate plan. Because of shading from tall pines, our solar production really drops off after 2pm, and the PW2 should fill this gap nicely. However, after 8pm, it would be counterproductive to draw from the PW2 unless there's an outage.