Record Day!

Yesterday our system set a new record. We produced 21.01kWh of power. What a great day. It's the first time we've surpassed 20kWh as well. Looking forward to a lot more of these types of days especially as the days get longer.

Google.org (the philanthropic arm of Google) has released some interesting news. They're trying to organize the data from smart meters into something which can be easily read and understood by consumers hoping to lead to a more information-driven usage of power.

Check out the Google.org site here about PowerMeter. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

Latest Update

Hi Folks,

Here's my latest update. In December my SolarCity system generated 373.60kWh. SCE finally got around to converting me to Net-Metering, so I'm good to go there. Still trying to decide which TOU I want to go with. January numbers are in too, I generated 447.63kWh, can't wait to see what my summer production will be.  I've noticed that as time moves on our production is going up, I've set some daily records (over 19kWh/day) over the past few days, so exciting!

I found that SolarCity has a new SolarGuard 2.0 System which shows both production and consumption over a specific time period.  This would be so helpful to try to understand my production/use prior to making that decision.  Read the press release here.

I've reached out to the SolarCity folks to see how/when that system might be available for existing customers.

All for now!