Powerwall availability for Third Party Installers

[h2ofun]

They have, but it is actually a more targeted increase than the article seems to note - namely everybody not also installing solar at the same time. If you get a solar panel or solar roof quote and add PWs, it used to be a flat $1k discount for doing both at the same time. However, now it is $1.5k with 1 PW, $2k with 2 PW, and an extra $500 for each PW. So, effectively, there is no increase for PWs bundled with Tesla solar.

So it looks like if anything they are using the increase to drive more business to them and away from third parties (and also provide more incentive for solar customers to add PWs at the time of solar.)

Great catch

 

[holeydonut]

They have, but it is actually a more targeted increase than the article seems to note - namely everybody not also installing solar at the same time. If you get a solar panel or solar roof quote and add PWs, it used to be a flat $1k discount for doing both at the same time. However, now it is $1.5k with 1 PW, $2k with 2 PW, and an extra $500 for each PW. So, effectively, there is no increase for PWs bundled with Tesla solar.

So it looks like if anything they are using the increase to drive more business to them and away from third parties (and also provide more incentive for solar customers to add PWs at the time of solar.)

You should consider that Tesla actually sells a lot of Powerwalls to non-residential buyers. In California, this price increase on Powerwalls will flow directly into the bids for services that Tesla provides to municipal projects. Especially the SGIP funded projects. The SGIP has provided recent data for the waitlist projects that were approved. Tesla has been charging about $1,000 per kWh of storage. I would bet dollars to donuts that Tesla is not providing discounts to these Equity customers because they know the SGIP will subsidize the purchases.

Outside of California, these higher rates will translate directly to Tesla's Powerwall pricing. And as we've noted noted, Tesla's tech is likely one of the best in the business for both the core ESS and the Gateway tech. So they'll win the bids/contracts anyway.

https://www.selfgenca.com/documents/nonres_waitlist

 

[h2ofun]

You should consider that Tesla actually sells a lot of Powerwalls to non-residential buyers. In California, this price increase on Powerwalls will flow directly into the bids for services that Tesla provides to municipal projects. Especially the SGIP funded projects. The SGIP has provided recent data for the waitlist projects that were approved. Tesla has been charging about $1,000 per kWh of storage. I would bet dollars to donuts that Tesla is not providing discounts to these Equity customers because they know the SGIP will subsidize the purchases.

Outside of California, these higher rates will translate directly to Tesla's Powerwall pricing. And as we've noted noted, Tesla's tech is likely one of the best in the business for both the core ESS and the Gateway tech. So they'll win the bids/contracts anyway.

https://www.selfgenca.com/documents/nonres_waitlist

cannot read you link

 

[holeydonut]

cannot read you link

You’ll need to try on PC. I think that pdf was encoded via excel and the header data is bad on mobile.

 

[h2ofun]

You’ll need to try on PC. I think that pdf was encoded via excel and the header data is bad on mobile.

Okay, if you save file, then open, it works.

 

[SMAlset]

Looks like some 6K Hawaiian homes will be getting solar and PWs per this Electrek article today. At 6K homes no idea how many PWs that will effectively end up being.

Tesla Powerwall to power a giant new virtual power plant in Hawaii - Electrek

Getting to be very popular.

 

[CrazyRabbit]

maybe tesla will give texas customers some love, i've had powerwalls on order for 8 months.

 

[zƬesla]

Just heard from our installer that although they were expecting a PW shipment this month it's now looking more like June.

 

[201reyes]

Now that it is 2021, does anyone with Powerwall installation contracts have a install date.

I got my 3 Powerwalls installed last month, but am waiting the install of the Gateway 2 (it is on back order) to have my solar system completed. I wasn't given a time frame because Tesla did not give the install company a time frame.

 

[holeydonut]

Eeeeekkkk you took off the plastic protective cover before everything was installed...

 

[h2ofun]

I got my 3 Powerwalls installed last month, but am waiting the install of the Gateway 2 (it is on back order) to have my solar system completed. I wasn't given a time frame because Tesla did not give the install company a time frame. View attachment 639246

So you have the PW's for the freeze but could not use them? Bummer

 

[201reyes]

"bummer" does not even describe the feelings i had during the Great Freeze of '21....lol...

 

[201reyes]

Eeeeekkkk you took off the plastic protective cover before everything was installed...

No, the installers took off the film off the 1st (nearest the wall) and 2nd (middle), due to the mounting method used, the exposed (3rd) still has the the majority of the wrap, which I will remove when they FINALLY come to install the damned gateway 2....