I'm curious how many of you have been approved? My request still shows "pending".
Mine was approved sometime today, at least it's no longer pending. Looks like the post above.
Bruce.
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I'm curious how many of you have been approved? My request still shows "pending".
Mine was approved that, the page says "1,262 fleet homes".I'm curious how many of you have been approved? My request still shows "pending".
All the best,
BG
Ditto. I wonder when the number will change.Mine was approved that, the page says "1,262 fleet homes".
I have "Export Everything" and "Grid charging" options but I have them off. The new VPP option is turned on by default and I think I will leave it on. I have CCA so I guess it does not matter who your generator is as long as you do not have other program that compensates you.I have the the “Export Everything” option so Virtual Power-plant would be moot.
Is there anyone with both of these options (VP and Energy Exports)?
So then what is the difference between VP and Export Everything? Why not just select "Export Everything" if one is denied access to VP?I have "Export Everything" and "Grid charging" options but I have them off. The new VPP option is turned on by default and I think I will leave it on. I have CCA so I guess it does not matter who your generator is as long as you do not have other program that compensates you.
VPP gets you an extra higher return on top of your NEM credits and what PG&E or a CCA pays if you are a net generator for the year.So then what is the difference between VP and Export Everything? Why not just select "Export Everything" if one is denied access to VP?
At this time there isn't a separate reserve level setting for VPP events, so this would need to be changed manually when the event notification is sent prior the event starting.Haven't been following too closely, but in the current iteration of VPP, does it let you set a separate, lower reserve for VPP events? Then it could make sense to do Export Everything and VPP. If you're exporting down to the reserve level during peak every day anyway (via Export Everything), then a VPP would just shift some of tomorrow's exports to today. You get reimbursed for that, at the expense of a greater chance of running out of energy if there is a black-out. Which risk may be elevated, assuming VPP events are called when there is excess grid demand.
Cheers, Wayne
Right now it's down to 1,261. Someone got kicked out. . My money is on @holeydonut when PG&E realized belatedly who they let inDitto. I wonder when the number will change.
Right now it's down to 1,261. Someone got kicked out. . My money is on @holeydonut when PG&E realized belatedly who they let in
Being with a CCA, like EBCE, doesn't preclude joining the VPP, but being part of another Demand Response program does.Mine is also now approved. I assumed it might not be because we have East Bay Community Energy (EBCE) as our provider. However, I remember taking some option for staying with PG&E rates.
Better than NEM credits, but the latter is irrelevant isn't it? Annual net generators will export the same amount whether they do it in a VPP event or at other times right? Because your solar generation is the same and you consumption is the same, the surplus must either be exported from Powerwalls or directly from solar. You'll get the same amount of true-up credit whether you're in VPP or not.VPP gets you an extra higher return on top of your NEM credits and what PG&E or a CCA pays if you are a net generator for the year.
Well, I guess you can say that both aren't relevant which was really my point as the VPP compensation is on top of both of them. For context I was replying to the question "So then what is the difference between VP and Export Everything? "Better than NEM credits, but the latter is irrelevant isn't it? Annual net generators will export the same amount whether they do it in a VPP event or at other times right? Because your solar generation is the same and you consumption is the same, the surplus must either be exported from Powerwalls or directly from solar. You'll get the same amount of true-up credit whether you're in VPP or not.
The only variable is whether you end up re-fillng the Powerwalls from the grid, and whether peak rates or non-peak. algorithm
Ah yes, my bad, I do see now you stated "on top of" both items, not "vs" them. And that's a good point to emphasize, that in all of these demand response programs, you still get your normal credit for export, or cost avoidance from not having consumed energy when reducing actual loads.Well, I guess you can say that both aren't relevant which was really my point as the VPP compensation is on top of both of them. For context I was replying to the question "So then what is the difference between VP and Export Everything? "
The rules on the how PG&E/Tesla will be calculating the kWh that are exported for the ELRP are ambiguous in my opinion (see earlier posts here). One interpretation is that our "average load" is determined by the last 10 weekdays or 4 weekend days and that is subtracted from the amount used/exported during the event. If this is correct then if you are always exporting your entire PW during this time there won't be difference and you get $0. Another interpretation is that if the "average load" is negative during the previous days it set to 0 kWh and you are compensated for everything that you export. In the first case, if you are using Export Everything that will count against you, but in the second case it wouldn't.