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Still waiting for PTO from SoCal Edison….105 days and counting….frustratingSouthern California (Orange County)
Southern California Edison
Ordered Sept 2022
Installed 2/21/23
Inspected 2/28/23
Paid in full 3/1/23
Confirmation from SCE of Interconnection request: 3/1/23
PTO: still waiting….
I have received emails that I have been included on where SCE is requesting for information. Tesla is supposedly taking care of it. At least I have a power wall and am fully functional except I can not push any power to the grid. Basically I use it or lose it…
Can you confirm Tesla even applied for PTO? They told me they applied for mine and 6 weeks later I discovered they never applied and didn't even get my towns final inspection or even schedule it.Still waiting for PTO from SoCal Edison….105 days and counting….frustrating
Yes, I received confirmation from SCE that my application was received. Further, they requested some clarification back in April which was submitted and confirmed by SCECan you confirm Tesla even applied for PTO? They told me they applied for mine and 6 weeks later I discovered they never applied and didn't even get my towns final inspection or even schedule it.
My app randomly started working 4-5 days after install. im 2months post install no PTO they just applied for it Last Thursday. You have a 1 way meter how is your utility going to know it's on? I used turn mine on when I want to charge my car. I wrote a 9k check and I need AC now so i'm using it I don't give a F about PTO. If they say something ill just say I had a electrician from craigslist here and he must of turned it on.14.8 kW system installed last week, they finished on Saturday, June 24 at 5PM. No gateway, no Powerwall, NO PTO, no inspection yet, just a safety switch connecting to my electric service on the load side of the meter which goes to a breaker panel and thence to the two 7.6 kW Tesla inverters. The installers just left the system on. I asked them if this is OK to do, and they said yes.
No app access yet. Tried logging out and back in, restarting the app, etc. How soon will that be available? The inverters have been commissioned and are connected to my WiFi. I used a clamp on amp meter at the inverter breaker panel and was getting 51 amps (a little more 12 kW) at actual noon with somewhat overcast sky.
I understand that FP&L will install a bi directional meter and uses a net metering scheme. If an FP&L customer sends more power to FP&L than it takes, this is kept track of and after 12 months if the power sent is more than the power taken from the grid, FP&L sends the customer a check. I am not sure what rate is used for that, but in my case, while at times I may send some power to FP&L, I will use more power than I consume.
No CTs installed by Tesla on the POCO side of things, just a single CT installed in the inverter breaker panel hooked to the Neurio.
I assume any power that is produced over what I am using will just go out to Florida Power & Light (for free until new meter is installed) as the power produced has to go somewhere, and the Tesla Inverters have no idea how much power I am using and nothing to adjust their power production. I don't see any way the inverters can discriminate if the power goes into my house or out to FP&L.
My existing meter has some dashes that show the relative amount of power being consumed, and they are either not moving or moving very slowly. Normally on a hot day, with all the air conditioning going, they would be moving much faster than they are moving right now. But I have not seen the dashes going the other direction.
Is it normal for the installers to leave the system on since I do not have PTO? Of course, I would prefer that so I reduce the power I buy from FP&L now and not have to wait for inspection and PTO for that saving. But is it OK and will FP&L have a problem with that?
I think when the inspector comes, it would be prudent to shut the system off.
Reason for no Powerwalls is I have a 60 kW generator which will run my entire house. I would need a few Powerwalls and critical loads panel or a bunch of Powerwalls and multiple gateways to keep the whole house running during a multi day outage and a whole lot more solar to keep them charged up. I'd rather just keep my whole house backup going for now than have to fool with a critical loads panel.
My thoughts: either I use it or lose it. But don't want to get in trouble with FP&L. Of course, I can truthfully say that Tesla left the system on and play dumb that I am a retired electrical engineer.
Any thoughts anyone? Thanks for reading.
Watching the app, I see short bursts (a few seconds long) of energy coming from the grid. 100W, 200W, 400W, PWs are full and there's enough solar to cover my house's needs. I'm on a TOU-EV-RNR plan with Georgia Power; these observations are being made during the most expensive time of the day for grid power, so WTF?