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> reserve the right to shutoff power back into the grid for their own reasons. That's not unreasonable. They might shut off your PV panels as a safety measure
by chiph 4y ago
> reserve the right to shutoff power back into the grid for their own reasons.
That's not unreasonable. They might shut off your PV panels as a safety measure to prevent backfeeding into the local lines when utility crews are working nearby. Or when there is a supply glut - it's faster/cheaper/causes less wear to turn off several thousand[0] residential PV panels than to shut down a major generating plant for a few hours.
[0] Or maybe only a few hundred if that's all that is needed to balance the system.
- bradknowles 4y agoI don't mind cutting off the feed from the solar panel to the grid, if there are crews working on the lines, or other reasonable events. I don't want them cutting off my solar panels from being able to feed my house or my batteries, unless all my batteries are all full and there's no power draw from my house. If they don't want my solar power, then it's fine for them to refuse to accept it, but the decision of what to do with that remaining power should be left entirely on my end.
- mistrial9 4y agoagree -- no experimental evidence but I suspect that the power cutoff is "no more power from those panels" not "power is available but no grid connection"; secondly it is annoying to not have any say over when or how long that connection is off. I tend to view the relationship in cynical terms, I admit. The quality of the physical equipment though, is notable.