Will California and West see Storm Watch in the next few days (2022-12-29)?

[YodaLearner]

Stormwatch turned on in Sacramento area, powerwalls charging from Grid

 

[dailo]

PGE outage map doesn’t look so good for north bay.

 

[h2ofun]

PGE outage map doesn’t look so good for north bay.

Bring it on, I want a huge long power outage, I am ready. Got to say this money was worth something to spend

 

[skepticcyclist]

Bring it on, I want a huge long power outage, I am ready. Got to say this money was worth something to spend

Why would you want others to have to deal with a problem?

 

[h2ofun]

Why would you want others to have to deal with a problem?

Why not, life is a game

 

[SMAlset]

Storm Watched kicked in today and charging our powerwalls. South of San Jose south Santa Clara County.

 

[tfan2018]

Got storm watch turned on. But is is the same as grid charging functionality, isn't it?

 

[h2ofun]

Got storm watch turned on. But is is the same as grid charging functionality, isn't it?

Basically, yes, set mine to 100% and keeps batteries charged from grid, no storm watch needed anymore

 

[jboy210]

Basically, yes, set mine to 100% and keeps batteries charged from grid, no storm watch needed anymore

I was concerned about activating grid charging. When I click its 'yes' button is asks me to verify that I have talked to a tax professional and installer about the tax implications. Anyone know what these implications are?

 

[jboy210]

Storm Watched kicked in today and charging our powerwalls. South of San Jose south Santa Clara County.

Same in Pleasanton. The message stated, "A high wind warning is forecast for your area."

I am also worried about a mudslide taking out the power poles. One of the people up the street had a debris flow come down the hill, across Foothill road, and into his home. It just missed a power pole.

 

[h2ofun]

I was concerned about activating grid charging. When I click its 'yes' button is asks me to verify that I have talked to a tax professional and installer about the tax implications. Anyone know what these implications are?

who cares, I clicked it

 

[getakey]

Guy I work with is on SMUD in Sacramento. Without power since NYE due to trees. He does not have solar or PWs
A lot of trees down in my neighborhood (EDH) but no power outage.

High wind warning and SW back on

 

[charlesj]

Same in Pleasanton. The message stated, "A high wind warning is forecast for your area."

I am also worried about a mudslide taking out the power poles. One of the people up the street had a debris flow come down the hill, across Foothill road, and into his home. It just missed a power pole.

I didn't click it or don't remember doing that even the past events and battery charged from grid, It seems to be an automatic even when storm watch is declared on.

 

[bmah]

Storm Watch turned on for us this morning in Lafayette, current settings are 80% reserve, Time-Based Control, no grid charging. I had the 80% reserve set mostly because of our abysmal solar production the past week or so.

I must say I'm quite pleased by the amount of information that is currently given for Storm Watch activations...tapping on the "Storm Watch" notice on the main Powerwall screen in the mobile app now gives the type of event ("High Wind Warning"), with start and end times for the event. None of that information was available in the initial implementation of Storm Watch...this is a huge improvement.

Bruce.

 

[skepticcyclist]

Just like last week's storm, we are again under a flood watch and wind advisory here in eastern Los Angeles Country. No storm watch yet. Last week we were even under a wind warning and it didn't trigger it, even though it should have.

 

[JakiChan]

Storm Watch kicked on this morning in San Jose. What was odd was that it charged to 99% (now dropped to 98%) and didn't try to charge off of solar even though we had sun today.

 

[JakiChan]

I was concerned about activating grid charging. When I click its 'yes' button is asks me to verify that I have talked to a tax professional and installer about the tax implications. Anyone know what these implications are?

Well, since I'm going to be claiming my Powerwalls on my 2022 taxes I note the Inflation Reduction Act doesn't require the batteries to be solar tied or so I've read. Regardless, Tesla told me they can turn it on for me if I ask.

 

[ucmndd]

I was concerned about activating grid charging. When I click its 'yes' button is asks me to verify that I have talked to a tax professional and installer about the tax implications. Anyone know what these implications are?

If you claimed the full federal Investment Tax Credit on your Powerwalls, they must be charged “>99.9%” by on-site generation for some number of years (5 I think?), else your credit is supposed to be reduced by a pro-rated amount to reflect the percentage they will be charged by renewables.

In practice, I think the IRS ever going back and auditing this is next to nil, unless you’ve got their attention for something else.

Any power added under storm watch would technically fall under the same requirement/restriction, I assume Tesla just figured an occasional grid charge wasn't gonna put anyone in serious jeopardy. Now that you can enable grid charging at will, you basically have storm watch on demand.

 

[tfan2018]

I decided to turn storm watch off. It conflicts with the demand response program I'm enrolled in as it overrides the setting to export everything. I am prioritizing ROI over the occasional potential blackout. Plus I can simply immediately grid charge after the demand response event if needed.

 

[getakey]

Storm Watch kicked on this morning in San Jose. What was odd was that it charged to 99% (now dropped to 98%) and didn't try to charge off of solar even though we had sun today.

With SW activated, the SOC almost always shows 98% for me. Will not go to 100%. I suspect the real SOC is the same as when it reads 100% with SW off