Wrenches Currently with PG&E , you buy and sell at what ever rate you are on, Peak = peak, off peak =off peak,
On Sat, May 1, 2021, 3:02 PM William Miller <will...@millersolar.com> wrote: > Friends: > > > > After years of not quite understanding the intricacies of the newer, more > complicated utility rate schedules I have spent the last 72 hours diving > deeply into the rabbit hole. I have one question I need answered. Maybe > someone has the answer. > > > > If you are on a tiered electric utility rate I know you pay more for > energy after you exceed certain daily amounts—the baseline. I am clear > that if you avoid paying the higher rates, the value of the energy you > generate is equal to the money you save. However if you ratchet your daily > usage below zero and are net-exporting for part of a day, at what value are > you credited in an NEM contract? > > > > Is it: You get the baseline rate no matter how much energy you export. > > > > Or is it: After you export more than the baseline rate, you start getting > credited at the over-baseline rate. > > > > Or is it something different altogether. > > > > If anyone knows the answer to this arcane question I would be very > grateful to learn it. It may vary from utility to utility or plan to > plan. PG&E E-6 is the tiered rate I most commonly encounter. > > > > If any of you are particularly masochistic you can review some work I have > published on the subject here: > > > https://millersolar.com/MillerSolar/case_studies/28_UtilityRates/UtilityRates.html > > > > This is an intricate subject and I believe anyone working in grid-tied > solar should have at least a passing familiarity with the topic. It > affects the realized benefits of investing in grid-tied solar. > > > > Thanks again for being the great group of friends that you are. > > > > William Miller > > > > Miller Solar > > 17395 Oak Road, Atascadero, CA 93422 > > 805-438-5600 > > www.millersolar.com > > CA Lic. 773985 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the > other: > https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/ > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > http://www.members.re-wrenches.org > >
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