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I just completed my first month on both NEM1.0 (made it in under the wire) and TOU-A in SoCal on SCE. I had one full month before that on tiered rates and NEM1.0
For the month of August, my total due was 9.54 which represents my minimum charge. I over produced by 78kWh. I wound up with a 95.11 credit, but that included 7.50 in credits due to Save Power Day incentives (PTR), so 87.61 credit for the energy alone
The spreadsheet I generated (with a lot of borrowing from spreadsheets I found around here) showed an expected 87.95 credit, so really quite accurate (only off by 34 cents). By comparison, if I didn't have solar and was still on tiered rates I estimate it would have been 210.93. Tiered rates with solar would have been a credit of 11.81. So, I'm obviously getting a good benefit from solar, but also a huge benefit from TOU-A - about 76 dollars for the month.
The only real load shifting I've done was to run my VS pool pump from midnight to 7:30am instead of mid-day. I do try to run the dishwasher at night as well.
My guess is that I should actually increase my off-peak usage and I might be able to actually drive down my actual due amount for the month due to actually getting a positive generation charge. Also, because I overproduced my baseline credit worked against me to the tune of 7.10 (which just feels weird to be a charge instead of credit, but again, my spreadsheet was dead on showing a 7.11 baseline credit hit)
I didn't see other threads about how peoples first months on solar are working out, so if there is somewhere to put this, feel free to move the post
For the month of August, my total due was 9.54 which represents my minimum charge. I over produced by 78kWh. I wound up with a 95.11 credit, but that included 7.50 in credits due to Save Power Day incentives (PTR), so 87.61 credit for the energy alone
The spreadsheet I generated (with a lot of borrowing from spreadsheets I found around here) showed an expected 87.95 credit, so really quite accurate (only off by 34 cents). By comparison, if I didn't have solar and was still on tiered rates I estimate it would have been 210.93. Tiered rates with solar would have been a credit of 11.81. So, I'm obviously getting a good benefit from solar, but also a huge benefit from TOU-A - about 76 dollars for the month.
The only real load shifting I've done was to run my VS pool pump from midnight to 7:30am instead of mid-day. I do try to run the dishwasher at night as well.
My guess is that I should actually increase my off-peak usage and I might be able to actually drive down my actual due amount for the month due to actually getting a positive generation charge. Also, because I overproduced my baseline credit worked against me to the tune of 7.10 (which just feels weird to be a charge instead of credit, but again, my spreadsheet was dead on showing a 7.11 baseline credit hit)
I didn't see other threads about how peoples first months on solar are working out, so if there is somewhere to put this, feel free to move the post