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The other thing it gets you is the full value of your rooftop solar generation. Many localities have protectionist regulations where the local utility doesn't h
by CodeWriter23 9y ago
The other thing it gets you is the full value of your rooftop solar generation. Many localities have protectionist regulations where the local utility doesn't have to pay for your electricity when your generation exceeds your consumption. The City of Los Angeles, for example, has that regulation. There's no "meter runs backward" after your bill for the grid drops to $0. And your generation credits are calculated month-to-month, so if you generate excess in the summer but not in the winter, you don't get credit for the summertime surplus when you need it.
- danans 9y ago> And your generation credits are calculated month-to-month, so if you generate excess in the summer but not in the winter, you don't get credit for the summertime surplus when you need it. At least in the northern California PG&E service area, the credits are calculated month to month but trued up once a year, so your summer surplus generation does give you credit for your winter use. It's called net-metering [1] [1] https://www.pge.com/en_US/residential/solar-and-vehicles/green-energy-incentives/solar-and-renewable-metering-and-billing/net-energy-metering-program-tracking/understand-net-energy-metering.page https://www.pge.com/en_US/residential/solar-and-vehicles/gre...
- CodeWriter23 9y agoThat's pretty cool. But it varies from location to location. LA sees any competition to their utilities to be an existential threat. For a while, they forced me (and tens of thousands of others) to pay for trash pick up from a multi-family dwelling even though our landlord had hired a private service and had all of our city receptacles returned. They were recently smacked down in court, I received a class action settlement notification a few months back.