09-08-2023, 02:48 PM
Solar update. After much grief, I finally got "permission " from my electric cooperative to turn on my system.
Almost a year of back and forth.
I could have reduced the time if I had just shut them off and went cold turkey on the grid.
The system I've built on paper should cover on average 350 days every year. To cover those bad weather outliers would be a lot more batteries.
Now could I keep one of my many generators ready for that? Sure, but having grid is easier and quieter.
The big hang up they had?
$
If I don't buy enough kwhr they don't make $.
In the end they ran into the fact that I've followed every single rule and code. So no grounds to stop me and gave in.
They "are going to monitor my usage for a few months and reevaluate their position"
Fine, it gives me data and let's me know what I need to tweak more precisely to ditch them entirely.
Almost a year of back and forth.
I could have reduced the time if I had just shut them off and went cold turkey on the grid.
The system I've built on paper should cover on average 350 days every year. To cover those bad weather outliers would be a lot more batteries.
Now could I keep one of my many generators ready for that? Sure, but having grid is easier and quieter.
The big hang up they had?
$
If I don't buy enough kwhr they don't make $.
In the end they ran into the fact that I've followed every single rule and code. So no grounds to stop me and gave in.
They "are going to monitor my usage for a few months and reevaluate their position"
Fine, it gives me data and let's me know what I need to tweak more precisely to ditch them entirely.