Timing of changing to NEM/EV (PG&E)

[wwu123]

well, my eagle was reporting the correct rate for E1 tier 1 up until the point that i called PGE, so at least some tariffs have their pricing loaded into the meter. i actually asked the eagle technical support about EV and they say they contacted PGE to ask if the rates should or should not be loaded into the meter when a customer is on EV.

My Eagle shows no pricing info on E-6 on PG&E

[astroboy]

yeah, it does sound like they don't/can't push pricing data for EVA. sucks. wattvision does not know about TOU plans either so not easy to see how much my demand costs at any given time.

[Yaryman]

yeah, it does sound like they don't/can't push pricing data for EVA. sucks. wattvision does not know about TOU plans either so not easy to see how much my demand costs at any given time.

I seem to remember reading something on Wattvision that they may be adding TOU pricing to the pricing model.
At least this time of year ( PG&E Winter TOU rates Nov-Apr ) the wattvision pricing model is pretty close to actual because
there are only two rates and those prices are not far apart.

[astroboy]

i think EVa has 3 rates though, at least on weekdays. for now i've just programmed the weighted average price in. not a huge big deal but it would be nice to get it right.

[cebury]

i think EVa has 3 rates though, at least on weekdays. for now i've just programmed the weighted average price in. not a huge big deal but it would be nice to get it right.

is there a reason you don't want to use PVOutputs calculations for TOU E6/EVA, etc?

[astroboy]

i was under the impression that i couldn't use PVOutputs because it's a sunpower system and they have no public API... is that incorrect?

[astroboy]

so, the eagle tech support people got back to me - they say the official word from PGE is that if you have the NEMS add-on to EV* (or i suppose any plan) then you are ineligible for a pricing schedule to be loaded into the meter. a little silly since as far as i can figure there's no technical reason why it can't be done.

[astroboy]

OK! everything is all straightened out - they canceled the E1 bill and issued a new one where E1 ends on 22 nov and from that point on it's EVA-NEM. that cut what i owed for electricity (immediately) in half, and for the remainder of the period i have a $65 NEM charge.

as an aside i was astounded to finally notice that natural gas currently costs about the equivalent of 6c/kwh. aside from the problem of CO2, i should have installed a gas turbine instead of solar