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We lost the first bar on the replacement battery in our 2011 at ~92,000 miles last month. Since the original battery was down one bar at ~31K miles, the replacement battery is performing almost exactly the same as the original, which was replaced at 61K miles for $1200. Almost a year ago, we...

I agree-- Nissan has gotten competitive with these OEM replacements, finally. They used to be stupid expensive at the dealer, but no more. I just picked up a set of these front driver and passenger blades mentioned above from my local dealer for $26.92 including the 8% CA tax. There is no reason...

Did everyone get their EV owner credit on their SDG&E bill last month? I was surprised to see a $200 credit when I was expecting $50! I guess fewer people signed up than expected? What a nice surprise--that'll take care of my minimum monthly charges (along with the climate credits) for the next...

Haven't been on the forum in awhile, but we passed 6 years in April and now have 71,095 miles on the car, using it daily and enjoying the renewed range since getting the same 80/20 deal on a new battery as Randy 10,000 miles ago. We would have bought a new Bolt by now if Nissan had not helped us...

OK, I finally figured this out. Phillip was right--the $94.01 credit I received on the true-up bill was for additional payments that I made accidentally. What happened was that I have always been on the SDG&E auto-payment plan, where my bills are deducted automatically from my checking account...

I think I understand this now--it was just a confusion between "TOU period" (which is daily) and "true-up period" (which is annual). What Philip said was: The excess credits that are earned for generation during the various TOU periods each day at retail prices can be applied to any usage...

Thanks for the help in understanding my true-up bill, you guys! I suppose I should call SDG&E and ask them to explain it all, but I'm happy with the overall result, regardless. Sunrun did seem to make a good estimate of our generation vs. usage, which they revised at the last minute, BTW. Our...

I'm still not sure of how to read the billing summary, since it's my first one, but I think the "credits" line shows excess generation in terms of dollars that would have been billed if it was used during the peak time of day on the TOU schedule, which is when the system is producing. But they...

I am also wondering if this TOU-DR-E3 rate is NEM-eligible (I'm thinking not?) or whether it would even offer any advantage to EV owners with PV systems? It definitely is complicated in the way it is structured, and I don't understand a lot of the terms involved. If anybody can explain it, Randy...

BTW, all SDG&E customers with a Leaf should also apply for the $50 EV credit being offered as part of a statewide greenhouse gas reduction program administered by the California Air Resources Board: http://www.sdge.com/clean-energy/electric-vehicle-climate-credit There is another thread going...

Yes, our little beach bungalow is largely powered by natural gas--the stove, water heater, clothes dryer, and space heater are all gas-fired. There is no A/C, since we live close to the ocean in a peculiar micro-climate that rarely gets uncomfortably hot, or radically cold. The house is...

Well, this month was my 1-year account true-up with SDG&E. I ended up with an $8.80 credit. Net generation credits and CA Climate Credit completely cancelled out the $120 minimum charge adjustment, and gave me a net negative bill for the year. I'm a happy camper. I would have paid probably...

Yes. There was a two-page document I had to sign to buy a replacement battery pack that detailed this. It also contained an agreement to turn in my old battery pack as a part of the purchase. There was no separate line item for tax on the final invoice, but I have no way of knowing if the total...

I am a little confused by this post. Are you saying that a car company earns 3 ZEV credits in CA for providing a replacement battery, which equates to $6,750, or more than the cost of the battery? TT

Tim- Are you sure that the B1033 Exclusion was not still registered against your VIN when you first talked to them about your 4-bar loss? Did you ever verify after you opted back in to the class-action suit that it was cleared from your service record? I am not certain, but I believe that the...

I can say that currently (Nov., 2016), the replacement battery pack lead time is between 10 and 14 weeks. I just received one that was ordered in the middle of August. This backorder situation is obviously a fluid situation, and will vary according to production schedules of both the battery...

I believe what makes a bigger impact than anything else is whether or not your car was part of the class action lawsuit. My 2011 Leaf performed slightly better than drees', losing its fourth bar almost 4 months after the warranty period ended, instead of two months. The car still had less than...

The only way to tell what capacity a used Leaf has left is to measure it. If buying at a distance, this is impossible, though with a picture of the dash you might see a bar loss that would indicate if there is a > 15% loss. Cars coming off a lease after two years will likely have about 10%...

I have to admit that "cost effectiveness" was not a big consideration. SWSBO wanted solar, so she got solar. It's the same situation as with the Leaf. She sets her mind on something and it's going to happen, one way or another. As it ended up, we got into a group buy from Sunrun for UCSD...

OK, thanks. I think I'm beginning to understand this better. What you're saying is that if you end up being a net user at the end of the year instead of a net producer, that minimum charge adjustment gets applied as a credit towards your net usage charge? That kind of makes sense, but I don't...