kulea
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I am on the Battery Bonus program, but am grandfathered NEM. As far as I know it doesn't void your warranty, as it falls within use parameters (each PW is allowed to discharge up to 37.8 MWh total over 10 years, while the BB is only using 36.5, at most) and the program was designed with Tesla's cooperation with PW's in mind. My installer is a Tesla dealer, signed me up for the BB program, and absolutely confirmed the warranty. One issue for someone like you (not NEM) is that they only guarantee an even swap on electricity used/returned to the grid for 3 years. After that, they haven't said how much they will pay for the electricity your PW's supply the grid, so it could be zero (which means you're giving them free electricity and getting nothing in return). While you can drop the program at that time, you'd have to return a prorated portion of your incentive. This isn't as big of an issue if you are using all of your discharge and not exporting any of it. Also, joining the program requires that your installer do a bunch of paperwork, and monitor and report during the testing period. It might be possible to do this yourself, but HECO probably won't make it easy. It might be better to look into the SWELL Battery Reward program, which is tailored more for Customer Grid Supply users, and operates similar to a VPP.
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