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-december 2012 was our worst production kWh month in 3.5 years. 303kWh.
-for october/november (2-month billing at LADWP) we had to draw $30 from our solar bank and pay $3 in cash (u cant use bank for the 10% tax). That covered all our power useage for the house and our LEAF.
spring is usually the best producer of kWh, but because of TOU metering and DWP having a "summer rate" from June to October, where the high peak period runs to 22 cents a kWh sted of base at 8.8 cents kWh at base, our truly bet banking months are the summer rate time.
Solar has been a fabulous experience. it is a 3.4 dc kw system. DWP also gives a 2.5-cent reduction to base rate if you have an EV. that covers up to 500kWh of base usage a month.
originally the system was to return about 100% but because TOU was added as an option by DWP, we now bank some excess, about $130 a year.
-for october/november (2-month billing at LADWP) we had to draw $30 from our solar bank and pay $3 in cash (u cant use bank for the 10% tax). That covered all our power useage for the house and our LEAF.
spring is usually the best producer of kWh, but because of TOU metering and DWP having a "summer rate" from June to October, where the high peak period runs to 22 cents a kWh sted of base at 8.8 cents kWh at base, our truly bet banking months are the summer rate time.
Solar has been a fabulous experience. it is a 3.4 dc kw system. DWP also gives a 2.5-cent reduction to base rate if you have an EV. that covers up to 500kWh of base usage a month.
originally the system was to return about 100% but because TOU was added as an option by DWP, we now bank some excess, about $130 a year.