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To: null and void
I have panels with 800 Watts peak capacity. Figure I dunno, 5 to 6 kWh per day?

How many panels?

They list anywhere from 11.5¢ to 35.8¢ per kWh, and assert the average is 16.5¢

They impose a minimum energy charge 14.7¢/day/meter for the privlege of having a grid connection.

That makes calculations easy doesn't it? /sarcasm tag/

Oh, and any “excess” power I generate is a gift to PG&E. Welcome to Caleeeeeeeforneeeeya...

Time to move : ) So you get that kind of savings and have to pay for power in the morning, evening and night?

45 posted on 05/21/2008 5:29:03 PM PDT by LeGrande
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To: LeGrande
How many panels?

Just curious, why is the number of panels important?

That makes calculations easy doesn't it?

Yeah.

Time to move : )

That's a big 10-4, good buddy!

So you get that kind of savings and have to pay for power in the morning, evening and night?

I make enough during the day to cover it. Solar has notoriously poor performance at night...

46 posted on 05/21/2008 7:50:27 PM PDT by null and void (The one word of Chinese our congress really understands is 'kowtow')
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To: LeGrande
So you get that kind of savings and have to pay for power in the morning, evening and night?

Ah. I misunderstood that. I can't sell back any excess power I generate over the course of a month, but when I am generating more power than I'm using at any particular time the meter runs backwards. So it goes ahead at night, then back to near where it started during the day.

Over the course of a month it goes a little more ahead (i.e. I use a skoush more than I make) so I end up paying them a few bucks.

If the meter moved back a bit, PG&E would call it even and I'd get nothing.

47 posted on 05/21/2008 7:59:47 PM PDT by null and void (The one word of Chinese our congress really understands is 'kowtow')
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