I was wondering about too but my panel is 200 amps as well. Hmm...Mine is always at 200. I believe this is the # of amps that your panel is rated for. Could be wrong, but I think mine is 200A so this makes sense for me.
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I was wondering about too but my panel is 200 amps as well. Hmm...Mine is always at 200. I believe this is the # of amps that your panel is rated for. Could be wrong, but I think mine is 200A so this makes sense for me.
That could be it. I do not have solar yet.Mine also has the two readings like yours but I wasn't able to make sense of the numbers except that the "1" reading looks most like a total usage or total draw from the grid (if bi-directional). I am tempted to guess that reading "2" is how much energy flowed back to the grid from solar panels. If MorrisonHiker doesn't have solar, that could explain why there's no "2" display. I do have solar, and I think Zaxxon you mentioned you had solar earlier in this thread so that could be why we have the second reading.
That could be it. I do not have solar yet.
I think the display options on the LCD are somewhat limited but according to the specs, it can store over a year's worth of usage data in 15 minute increments. I believe they have Zigbee installed so it would be easy for them to allow us to read the data directly/instantly instead of having to wait for it to report to Xcel. I've checked my account online but they still haven't enabled any more accurate tracking yet. Hopefully one of these days they will enable such tracking!From your picture, your meter isn't set up to be bidirectional since it doesn't say it on there near the bottom. Zaxxon's and mine both do have "Bidirectional" written in there.
I don't see how the meter could display anything particularly different than a "dumb" meter since it doesn't know what time it is half the year. The numbers would be wrong if it tried. I hope some day Xcel gives us more display options for the smarts that live in there via some fancy console or even just their highly-touted website or app. They have the data - they could throw it on our account page. Maybe they'll get to that later in the pilot program.
Zaxxon,
Correct me if I am wrong, you are paying over 10 cents a kWh for your off-peak use when all is said and done.
So for Windsource I don't quite understand the program. Xcel had to build wind turbines to meet their state renewable energy mandate. So essentially you're paying more for electricity that they would have had to supply anyway? I don't think there are enough windsource participants to actually drive the build out of a wind farm. Or am I missing something?
I came up with over 10 cents a kWh based on the total bill amount at the bottom of bill. Are there other costs you end up paying, or is that your actual final bill ?And I should also mention that under this plan, I'm getting (at least for this month) a net credit at the on-peak rates, which further reduces the net cost of the off-peak energy that I'm buying from Xcel.
Our earlier discussion was informative -- thanks.But it is on some level demonstrating demand for wind beyond
I came up with over 10 cents a kWh based on the total bill amount at the bottom of bill. Are there other costs you end up paying, or is that your actual final bill ?
I live is SW Colorado and will shortly have net metered, non-TOU PV. Each net kWh is about 9 cents, but I pay a monthly connection fee like everybody else of $35 so the net kWh charge is quite high but perhaps misleading.