Hi all,
Tesla shareholder ..... love the company and it's products.
I'm currently waiting patiently for my Model 3 reservation ... meanwhile we just built a new house and I'm in the process of installing solar. Even though I had a few companies come out to bid my intention was and is to go with Tesla Energy .... so we are in the middle of the process right now , with any luck it will be installed and up within 4 weeks.
I live in Southern CA and the installation of the solar panels is a no brainer ... I'll basically be paying the same amount to my financing company that would normally go to my electric company and after 10 years I'll own the system. What is a bit of a struggle to justify right now is the addition of Powerwalls. My local utility company will simply "bank" my excess energy and then apply it straight to any usage from the grid so it's not like they will be paying me a fraction of what they sell energy to me for. I find it hard to believe that this won't change sometime in the future as more people adopt this technology but for now they are acting like a gigantic power wall. This power company does not change pricing for peak hours ... instead they have a tiered system so once again there seems to be little benefit in having a power wall that can provide energy during "peak times" as we don't really have them .... once again ... yet.
So the only advantage is during blackouts .... I've lived in this city 20 years and can not remember when we had a "blackout" .... it's incredibly stable around here. Now ... I live in earthquake country and if we were to suffer a bad quake assuming the house wasn't damaged and they happen to shut off power for an extended period I would be good but that is a lot of "ifs".
I'm a sucker for tech and the idea of those power walls seems really cool ... and there is a pretty good rebate in the state of CA right now which will not last .... but what am I missing ? Does adding the power walls make any sense ?
As much as I love tech .... in 5 years when the electric company changes it's pricing methods I would imagine we would have a significantly improved battery available .... probably cheaper and way more efficient than what would be in my house.
Would love to get the opinion of any of you who have installed these or thought about installing them.
Regards,
Gtrplyr1
Tesla shareholder ..... love the company and it's products.
I'm currently waiting patiently for my Model 3 reservation ... meanwhile we just built a new house and I'm in the process of installing solar. Even though I had a few companies come out to bid my intention was and is to go with Tesla Energy .... so we are in the middle of the process right now , with any luck it will be installed and up within 4 weeks.
I live in Southern CA and the installation of the solar panels is a no brainer ... I'll basically be paying the same amount to my financing company that would normally go to my electric company and after 10 years I'll own the system. What is a bit of a struggle to justify right now is the addition of Powerwalls. My local utility company will simply "bank" my excess energy and then apply it straight to any usage from the grid so it's not like they will be paying me a fraction of what they sell energy to me for. I find it hard to believe that this won't change sometime in the future as more people adopt this technology but for now they are acting like a gigantic power wall. This power company does not change pricing for peak hours ... instead they have a tiered system so once again there seems to be little benefit in having a power wall that can provide energy during "peak times" as we don't really have them .... once again ... yet.
So the only advantage is during blackouts .... I've lived in this city 20 years and can not remember when we had a "blackout" .... it's incredibly stable around here. Now ... I live in earthquake country and if we were to suffer a bad quake assuming the house wasn't damaged and they happen to shut off power for an extended period I would be good but that is a lot of "ifs".
I'm a sucker for tech and the idea of those power walls seems really cool ... and there is a pretty good rebate in the state of CA right now which will not last .... but what am I missing ? Does adding the power walls make any sense ?
As much as I love tech .... in 5 years when the electric company changes it's pricing methods I would imagine we would have a significantly improved battery available .... probably cheaper and way more efficient than what would be in my house.
Would love to get the opinion of any of you who have installed these or thought about installing them.
Regards,
Gtrplyr1