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As I understand, the limits regulate the total capacity of the installation not the actual amount of electricity produced.
by duckmysick 4y ago
As I understand, the limits regulate the total capacity of the installation not the actual amount of electricity produced.
- ncmncm 4y agoThat would be very peculiar. Unusual, anyway. Do you know anyplace that does it? Whose business is it what your total collection area is?
- duckmysick 4y agoOregon limits residential customers to 25 kW (nameplate capacity). https://oregon.public.law/rules/oar_860-039-0010 https://oregon.public.law/rules/oar_860-039-0010 From the cursory look it seems like most states have limits like those. A lot of them are generous enough so you don't have to worry about it. But there are some states where covering an entire roof of a moderately sized building would put your over the limit. https://www.ncsl.org/research/energy/net-metering-policy-overview-and-state-legislative-updates.aspx#statenet https://www.ncsl.org/research/energy/net-metering-policy-ove...
- tonylucas 4y agoNope, at least for ours it limits on export produced (on a technical basis, not a planning permission one). It will deliberately downgrade the energy produced to ensure it doesn’t exceed export limits. You get used to optimising for sunshine for when you run power heavy equipment eg car charging