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I have an M3 that I charge exclusively at home. Just got solar for my house a few months ago. My electricity provider is SDG&E. Currently I am on the EV-TOU-5 electric plan.It was the best plan for me before I got the solar because, even though there is a $16 monthly service charge on that plan, the .09 on super off peak, which is when I charge the M3, more than makes the service charge worthwhile. The comparisons online based on my usage before I got solar for the house shows this plan was, by far, the best one for me.
But with solar on the house, the net metering does not allow that service charge to be paid with generated electricity. Therefore, I would need to pay it with whatever credit I have at the end of my year when the true up occurs. But you only get credit for any over generation of electricity at .03 - .04 at true up. If you take the midpoint of that - .035 - that would mean it would take 457 KWh a month to cover that which is a ton. I'm thinking I should move to another TOU plan that doesn't have a service charge on it. EV-TOU-2 seems like a candidate plan for me. I'm waiting for my first all solar electric bill in the next couple weeks before making any changes. Are there any others out there in a similar situation I am in? What advice might you have? What did you do? Thanks everyone.
But with solar on the house, the net metering does not allow that service charge to be paid with generated electricity. Therefore, I would need to pay it with whatever credit I have at the end of my year when the true up occurs. But you only get credit for any over generation of electricity at .03 - .04 at true up. If you take the midpoint of that - .035 - that would mean it would take 457 KWh a month to cover that which is a ton. I'm thinking I should move to another TOU plan that doesn't have a service charge on it. EV-TOU-2 seems like a candidate plan for me. I'm waiting for my first all solar electric bill in the next couple weeks before making any changes. Are there any others out there in a similar situation I am in? What advice might you have? What did you do? Thanks everyone.