solarchargeddriver
Well-known member
I'm really curious if anyone is doing what we are doing in Colorado Xcel Energy territory, and if any other utilities allow banking of home solar kWh over-production.
We had a 5.59 kW solar system installed on our Aurora, Colo. rooftop almost exactly a year ago, partly in anticipation of powering a new LEAF with it. Well, we're still waiting, and waiting, and waiting on that EV ;-)
In the meantime, our system has overproduced by more than 5,000 kWh -- we've used about 3,600 kWh to power our home, meaning our system has produced a total of about 8,600 kWh in its first year. Xcel allows homeowners to bank these excess solar kWh indefinitely. This is definitely a much better choice than getting paid out for them, as Xcel charges 11 cents per kWh and pays solar over-producers a paltry 3 cents per kilowatt hour!
Again, I'm wondering if anyone else out there is doing the same thing: Banking excess solar kWh in anticipation of using them later for an EV.
If you are, it would be great to know:
1. The size of your system and how long you've had it;
2. What state/city you live in who your utility is that allows solar kWh banking;
3. How many kWh you've banked so far;
4. Whether you have a LEAF already and are still solar banking, or, if, like us, you're waiting on one while banking.
Ideally, I'd like to use this info for an entry I'd like to do on utility banking of extra solar kWh for SolarChargedDriving.Com -- http://solarchargeddriving.com
Thank you.
Cheers,
Christof Demont-Heinrich
We had a 5.59 kW solar system installed on our Aurora, Colo. rooftop almost exactly a year ago, partly in anticipation of powering a new LEAF with it. Well, we're still waiting, and waiting, and waiting on that EV ;-)
In the meantime, our system has overproduced by more than 5,000 kWh -- we've used about 3,600 kWh to power our home, meaning our system has produced a total of about 8,600 kWh in its first year. Xcel allows homeowners to bank these excess solar kWh indefinitely. This is definitely a much better choice than getting paid out for them, as Xcel charges 11 cents per kWh and pays solar over-producers a paltry 3 cents per kilowatt hour!
Again, I'm wondering if anyone else out there is doing the same thing: Banking excess solar kWh in anticipation of using them later for an EV.
If you are, it would be great to know:
1. The size of your system and how long you've had it;
2. What state/city you live in who your utility is that allows solar kWh banking;
3. How many kWh you've banked so far;
4. Whether you have a LEAF already and are still solar banking, or, if, like us, you're waiting on one while banking.
Ideally, I'd like to use this info for an entry I'd like to do on utility banking of extra solar kWh for SolarChargedDriving.Com -- http://solarchargeddriving.com
Thank you.
Cheers,
Christof Demont-Heinrich