One more point: we do generate solar off-peak power on weekends. The entire weekend, from Friday night at 9 PM to Monday morning at 7 AM, is off-peak. So we get two full days of daytime power.
Len ---- > On July 18, 2019 at 11:10 AM moskowitz via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Bob really doesn't like the NET meter plan that our local utility uses. > > It turns out that it works great for us. Our home is Passive House-certified > (https://www.phius.org). We can cool or heat it only during the day (or the > night) and it maintains its temperature very, very well. Two very efficient > (23 SEER) 12k BTU mini-splits handle the heating & cooling loads. Usually > only one is needed to heat or cool the entire 3700 ft2 house. > > It's an all-electric home - no oil, no natural gas, no propane. > > Depending on how much of an on-peak surplus we're running, we shift around > our heavy appliance usage - ovens, clothes washing and drying (both are high > efficiency units), and Chevy Volt charging. > > As a result, our electrical usage is pretty minimal and our cost of energy is > exceedingly low. > > For example, Our entire power bill for the month of May/June was $17.31. > $13.94 of that was the monthly service charge. The balance of $3.37 was > off-peak usage. > > We banked another 321 kWhr of on-peak power, for a total surplus so far this > year (since March) of 756 kWhr. > > Our on-peak surplus is growing a bit so we'll start shifting more of our > cooking/baking, laundry, and Volt charging to the on-peak hours. > > It works for us, and we're pretty much at net-zero. The utility's monthly > charge of $13.94 for the grid connection and its power storage function seems > like it's worth it. > > > Len Moskowitz > > ----- > > > On July 18, 2019 at 10:17 AM Robert Bruninga via EV <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > Here is one NET meter rate plan someone sent to me. This plan sounds like > > it would be a real screw-me utility rate plan for me I think. (If I > > understand it correctly) > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > Len Moskowitz ([email protected]) Core Sound LLC www.core-sound.com Home of OctoMic and TetraMic _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
