Los Angeles, new system up six weeks, purring away happily
DanKegel
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Hi all,
my 9kW system in Los Angeles has been up for six weeks now,
http://pvoutput.org/list.jsp?id=38786&sid=44908
Pictures and narrative at
http://kegel.com/energy/solar/retrofit2/
I sized it for A/C but haven't put that in yet... bought a used Nissan Leaf, but even that doesn't make much of a dent in my surplus power.
LADWP puts in smart meters now which count mid-day, morning/evening, and night/weekend separately; I'm about 500 and 400 kWh in the black on the first two, and hovering around zero in the night/weekend category.
I saw a Team San Diego on pvoutput.org, but no Team Los Angeles, so I started one:
http://pvoutput.org/listteam.jsp?tid=1145
If you're in LA, and you share your system output graph on pvoutput, join Team Los Angeles for great justice :-)
my 9kW system in Los Angeles has been up for six weeks now,
http://pvoutput.org/list.jsp?id=38786&sid=44908
Pictures and narrative at
http://kegel.com/energy/solar/retrofit2/
I sized it for A/C but haven't put that in yet... bought a used Nissan Leaf, but even that doesn't make much of a dent in my surplus power.
LADWP puts in smart meters now which count mid-day, morning/evening, and night/weekend separately; I'm about 500 and 400 kWh in the black on the first two, and hovering around zero in the night/weekend category.
I saw a Team San Diego on pvoutput.org, but no Team Los Angeles, so I started one:
http://pvoutput.org/listteam.jsp?tid=1145
If you're in LA, and you share your system output graph on pvoutput, join Team Los Angeles for great justice :-)
Comments
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Hi Dan,
I saw the pictures of your system on solar panel talk. A very nice install. I hope it gives you many years of service.4480W PV, MNE175DR-TR, MN Classic 150, Outback Radian GS4048A, Mate3, 51.2V 360AH nominal LiFePO4, Kohler Pro 5.2E genset. -
Yeah your going to enjoy that system, near zero is always great. IS LADWP as nasty as PG&E?
We love our system here, went from about a $6000 to $7000 annual bill down to about $600 annually while increasing our load with 2 plug-in cars and a new Air conditioned building. Damn the gas savings are great too!
Now if we could just keep APS at bay from the nasty rate changes they want!
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LADWP is actually pretty nice, although they seem to have trouble sending out accurate or readable bills.
They've been doing a good job keeping rates low enough... somehow they didn't get screwed during the
failed deregulation of the electricity market 15 years ago. -
I thought LADWP was pulling an "ENRON" on their interconnect partners during the 2000's California "deregulation/re-regulation" fiasco. However, according this this, they did not:
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20030220005160/en/Report-Finds-LADWP-Aided-State-Energy-Crisis
Although, it did read a little bit like "it was nobodys' fault" justifications that you find in government organizations.
-Bill
Near San Francisco California: 3.5kWatt Grid Tied Solar power system+small backup genset
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