h2ofun
Active Member
Never looked, never care, because yep, I generate WAY more than I use. Last year I generated 36 HWh's. Nuts.h20fun,
When exporting so much do you find that the net surplus compensation greatly exceeds the NBC? It seems like the NBC is always smaller, almost 1/2 the amount of the NSC per kWh.
I ask this because am wondering if it is financially more worthwhile (small though it may be) to charge off peak at night vs charge by solar.
For example if NBC is .04 and NSC is .07 aren't you better off exporting your solar and importing for use, vs using your solar to power home/charge car, when you are over producing in the MWh range? There seems to be some efficiency when I charge my EV with solar too as in solar is producing 5kW car uses 4kW home uses 1 kW, but when I unplug EV home is only using 0,4kW 0.6kW is being used by something when charging by Solar. When I plug the EV back in get the same 5kW from solar, car using 4kW home jumps upto 1kW.
This is assuming that one is way over producing
I have gotten to the point I do not worry about charging my EV. I just do when easy. I do make sure I do not charge between like 4 to 9 pm at the higher rate.