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Post by ColdHouse » Tue. Apr. 11, 2023 12:53 pm

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Post by ColdHouse » Tue. Jun. 20, 2023 12:08 am

Two direction meter installed today. Solar generating power.
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Post by davidmcbeth3 » Tue. Jun. 20, 2023 12:14 am

Overgeneration was good before eversource decided to gut the payment for kwh they got.

What is it today ? 6 cents per kwh or something ?

 
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Post by ColdHouse » Tue. Jun. 20, 2023 12:43 am

davidmcbeth3 wrote:
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Overgeneration was good before eversource decided to gut the payment for kwh they got.

What is it today ? 6 cents per kwh or something ?
No. It is total retail including supply, delivery and everything else they charge.
Are you insinuating your electricity is now cheap?
You seem to be pretty smart. I am sure you know it is not 6 cents per kwh. It is more like something.

 
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Post by warminmn » Tue. Jun. 20, 2023 9:44 am

Im looking forward to how much money it saves you on electric costs in a year, and the difference of generation in winter vs summer.

 
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Post by Sunny Boy » Tue. Jun. 20, 2023 10:55 am

Interesting how the "produced" power tapers off quickly in the afternoon as the sun angle decreases and the atmosphere increases.

I assume before noon would show roughly the reverse of that graph line ?

Are the drops in early afternoon the result of clouds ?

I also wonder what that graph would look like further north and here in hill country. The hills surrounding this valley shave off over an hour a day of sunrise and sunset compared to flatlander country.

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Post by ColdHouse » Tue. Jun. 20, 2023 1:37 pm

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Post by ColdHouse » Thu. Jun. 22, 2023 4:29 am

Neighbors daughter recently had solar installed. She sent me a picture of her current bill where they credited her almost $600 for one month.
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I am only a couple days in. It has been some version of cloudy since turned on. Here is yesterday.
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To answer the question regarding the morning curve and assuming it will be the same in the evening. I think not. The reason is because the morning sun hits the entire roof, all the panels. The afternoon and late afternoon has shade from one taller roof overhanging a shorter one and trees.

Regardless I have not yet had a sunny sky.

I do think the system maxes out at 11.9kw because I haven't seen it go higher. Maybe if the panels were angled for the sun it would change but that isn't happening.

 
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Post by davidmcbeth3 » Fri. Jun. 23, 2023 2:31 am

72 kwh @ 12 cents = about $10 a day.

If it costs 60K then its only 17 years till its paid for (whoever paid for it, including more than 1 person) !

Then, you'll be in the money. Making that $10 a day. Or could have gotten a CD @ 5% and got $10 day .. or a REIT paying 10% for $20 a day for the 60K.

Or spent that 60K or so on one big party ! Can't take your panels with you.

 
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Post by ColdHouse » Fri. Jun. 23, 2023 2:44 am

davidmcbeth3 wrote:
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72 kwh @ 12 cents = about $10 a day.

If it costs 60K then its only 17 years till its paid for (whoever paid for it, including more than 1 person) !

Then, you'll be in the money. Making that $10 a day. Or could have gotten a CD @ 5% and got $10 day .. or a REIT paying 10% for $20 a day for the 60K.

Or spent that 60K or so on one big party ! Can't take your panels with you.
Where are you getting your deflated Kwh payment? Where do you get the cost about 60k?
The first post of this thread shows the invoice of less than $54k and there is a 30% tax credit. System cost $37.8k.
Plus you reside in CT and know that the skies have been cloudy last several days.
See attached photo of neighbors bill showing clearly the full retail rate that Eversource is compensating her $0.34439 per kwh for power sent to the grid.
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Post by davidmcbeth3 » Fri. Jun. 23, 2023 2:53 am

The value of net metering credits are calculated by subtracting the kWh supplied by Eversource from the kWh fed back into the grid during the billing period. You receive a monetary bill credit for each kWh that’s 100% of the default energy service charge and transmission charges, and plus 25% of distribution charges. This surplus is entered into a ‘bank’ which can be used to reduce your overall bill charges. If the surplus energy after one year is under 600 kWh, it can be carried forward to the next year.

https://www.energysage.com/local-data/net-meterin ... versource/

Looks like eversource made it terrible now...maybe in winter with the right size system its good, but getting a bigger system ? Its a money loser as your "credits" expire.

So if you always over produce, even in winter, you are basically giving your electricity away to eversource for free.

Not bad..for eversource kek

 
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Post by davidmcbeth3 » Fri. Jun. 23, 2023 2:59 am

davidmcbeth3 wrote:
Fri. Jun. 23, 2023 2:53 am
The value of net metering credits are calculated by subtracting the kWh supplied by Eversource from the kWh fed back into the grid during the billing period. You receive a monetary bill credit for each kWh that’s 100% of the default energy service charge and transmission charges, and plus 25% of distribution charges. This surplus is entered into a ‘bank’ which can be used to reduce your overall bill charges. If the surplus energy after one year is under 600 kWh, it can be carried forward to the next year.

https://www.energysage.com/local-data/net-meterin ... versource/

Looks like eversource made it terrible now...maybe in winter you can use the credits with the right size system its good, but getting a bigger system ? Its a money loser as your "credits" expire.

So if you always over produce, even in winter, you are basically giving your electricity away to eversource for free.

Not bad..for eversource kek

 
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Post by ColdHouse » Fri. Jun. 23, 2023 3:08 am

davidmcbeth3 wrote:
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your information is not up to date: Here is the way it works. https://www.eversource.com/content/residential/sa ... incentives
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Post by ColdHouse » Fri. Jun. 23, 2023 3:10 am

@davidmcbeth3 FWIW, I am not trying to convince you to get solar.
If you don't want to know how it actually works then vacate the thread and be happy that CT electricity is so inexpensive.

 
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Post by BigBarney » Fri. Jun. 23, 2023 11:46 am

Coldhouse:

How do you heat your water?

Do you have an ev ? Or a battery system?

Using the excess energy onsite is much better than selling...

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