My local electric coop (SLEMCO) has quit taking any more customers who have solar panels and want to have a net meter. We are grandfathered in for 10 years, and then our net meter goes away. SLEMCO did not say what happens to those who were grandfathered for 10 years. We don’t worry about that because we plan to be off-grid before then. Bobby Keeland Arnaudville, Louisiana
On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 4:51 PM Robert Bruninga via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > While the Volt won't be able to support more than approx 1kw, > > that's enough to support my critical loads (fridge, freezer, . > > minisplit heat pump) plus a few lights, etc. > > Turns out the DC/DC converter in the VOlt is over 200 amps at > 12 volts so it can support almost 2 kW. Compared to the typical > 100 amps or so from most hybrids. Though the Volt also draws > more overhead, II think 500W. > > Bob > > On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 4:53 PM Peter VanDerWal via EV > <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> A couple years after that my 'grandfathered' status runs out and I'll > be switched to their new > > >> 'solar customer' rates, at that point it will cost me over $800 a > year just for the privilege of > > >> being connected to the grid. iI figure it will be cheaper to buy some > used EV batteries and > > >> disconnect, which is what I plan to do. > > > > > > Of course I do not fully understand your situation. But it appears you > > > may have your PV paid for with the years of $.186 valued energy? The > > > > My solar array paid for itself years ago, took a little over 5 years to > break even. > > > > > $800/year surcharge overshadow the value of your production in the > netmetering. > > > > Under the new rate schedule, I will have to pay approx $60 a month in > connection fees and taxes, > > plus they will no longer do 1:1 > stability of a grid connection is not > to be taken lightly. Will > > the > > > > Instead, I will have to pay retail for every kwh I pull from the grid > and they will pay me "export > > rate" for every kwh I push to the grid, this is on an instantaneous > basis, not trued up annually. > > The Export rate is higher than what I get now (~about 5 cents currently) > and the solar customer > > retail rate drops to 8 cents per kWh, but that still means I have to pay > 3 cents per kwh to use the > > grid as storage. > > > > By doing some smart energy management-- only charging the EVs, running > the dryer, etc. when I have > > surplus solar -- I could potentially keep the bill down to around $800 > annually. > > However, I figure it will cost me around $0.50 per day to bank power, > that plus the connection fees > > and taxes mean I will probably end up paying over $900 a year. > > > > I keep meaning to write a program to use my energy monitoring system to > calculate my actual costs, > > just haven't gotten around to it yet. > > > > >The stability of a grid connection is not to be taken lightly. > > > > I'm already building a second off-grid EV charging station, when I > disconnect from the grid I will > > buy a second inverter and set of batteries for my existing array, so I > will have two totally redundant off-grid power > > setups. > > > > I also have the Volt. The ability to use it as an emergency backup power > source was one of the > > reasons I choose it. While the Volt won't be able to support more than > approx 1kw, that's enough to > > support my critical loads (fridge, freezer, minisplit heat pump) plus a > few lights, etc. > > > > I'm also planning on buying one of the EV pickups that should be > available in the next couple > > years. That will give me a much more capable backup power system > > > > With 3-4 independant power systems, grid stability is a non-issue. Not > that the grid in my area is > > supper stable. We have had at least 4 minor power outages this summer > and we typically have a major > > outage (8+ hours) once every 5 years or so. > > _______________________________________________ > > Address messages to [email protected] > > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to [email protected] > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20210825/dbacf95c/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
