Post B5dvRPHWODwWBYHMQa by azonenberg@ioc.exchange
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 (DIR) Post #B5dvRPHWODwWBYHMQa by azonenberg@ioc.exchange
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       65.1 kWh generation today, another record (beating 60.3 from last Saturday) and up to 940 for the month. From about 10:30 to 14:45 I was fully self-powered.One more good sunny day - which tomorrow looks like it should be - and I should break the 1 MWh mark for the month. If the weather is as good today for the rest of the month, I could get as high as 1.3.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5dwKjS56AR4fZbE5g by PeterSommerlad@mastodon.social
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       what's your installed peak wattage?
       
 (DIR) Post #B5e1frMFOoKt2clSHA by mtnrbq65@vivaldi.net
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       @azonenberg Do you have any battery or other storage?
       
 (DIR) Post #B5e1n2RyYYKTTFroUC by azonenberg@ioc.exchange
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       @mtnrbq65 Nope. My overproduction isn't enough, at least this time of year, to justify it. And my utility does net metering so if I export 20 kWh of overproduction they just run the meter backwards and credit that against subsequent usage.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5e21nAvd9N0RLvcRs by mtnrbq65@vivaldi.net
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       @azonenberg Makes sense, your utility is far more generous than here in Australia where feed in tariffs are the standard, and well below cost of power.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5e229wWyqWH3MMwhU by azonenberg@ioc.exchange
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       @mtnrbq65 I exported a total of 14.2 kWh today, which would only run the house/lab for ~2.2 hours.It would make sense as a whole house UPS, or to allow power ORing between the solar and generator (potentially drastically reducing fuel consumption during a daytime power outage). So it's on the long term radar but I already have UPS for the lab plus a generator so spending money on batteries made less sense than getting more panels.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5e2DgC9PPGCGZAVAu by azonenberg@ioc.exchange
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       @mtnrbq65 yeah IIRC this is state law in Washington. You are billed for net consumption over a given billing cycle. If you're negative during a billing cycle (i.e. export more than you produce) you pay the base "having a meter/connection" fee and the overproduction is banked for credit against the subsequent month.Banked credits roll over from month to month but reset to zero on March 31st of each calendar year, so there is no benefit to overproducing more than your total annual consumption (you won't get compensated for the extra).I expect my array to meet ~20% of my ~53 MWh annual demand, possibly more if I can reduce consumption, so this is not a concern for me.