I'm in San Jose getting our transmission from PG&E (and generation from SJCE).
We just moved into our house, so we don't know exactly how much electricity we'll need throughout the year.
But regardless of how much we need right now, we want to get WAY more than we need to be "future proof" (to be able to add possibly multiple EV chargers, maybe a heat pump, electric water heater, etc).
One estimate that we got was that about 4.5kW would cover 100% of our needs (we used about 600kW in the last month with the AC running a lot). We want to max out our (south facing) roof and get about 11.2kW with 2 powerwalls.
My question is: Will PG&E have a problem with that? Will we be able to get on NEM 2.0 with that system and be able to sell lots of electricity back (I know it's only 5c/kWh right now...but it's on the rise fast). And if we keep over producing (possibly for years), would they ever kick us out of the NEM program for having way more solar than we are using? I think I remember reading somewhere that one of the requirements to be eligible for NEM (and NSC) is to have enough solar to cover "only 100% of your need". But I'm not sure if that's just a suggestion or a rule that they use to kick people out of the program.
Some people may want to respond with "just ask PG&E"...but honestly I trust people here with real life experience (and lots of hours researching these things) more than phone reps at PG&E...not that they're trying to lead people astray, they just often less informed than the actual community who uses the things they are trying to help with.
We just moved into our house, so we don't know exactly how much electricity we'll need throughout the year.
But regardless of how much we need right now, we want to get WAY more than we need to be "future proof" (to be able to add possibly multiple EV chargers, maybe a heat pump, electric water heater, etc).
One estimate that we got was that about 4.5kW would cover 100% of our needs (we used about 600kW in the last month with the AC running a lot). We want to max out our (south facing) roof and get about 11.2kW with 2 powerwalls.
My question is: Will PG&E have a problem with that? Will we be able to get on NEM 2.0 with that system and be able to sell lots of electricity back (I know it's only 5c/kWh right now...but it's on the rise fast). And if we keep over producing (possibly for years), would they ever kick us out of the NEM program for having way more solar than we are using? I think I remember reading somewhere that one of the requirements to be eligible for NEM (and NSC) is to have enough solar to cover "only 100% of your need". But I'm not sure if that's just a suggestion or a rule that they use to kick people out of the program.
Some people may want to respond with "just ask PG&E"...but honestly I trust people here with real life experience (and lots of hours researching these things) more than phone reps at PG&E...not that they're trying to lead people astray, they just often less informed than the actual community who uses the things they are trying to help with.