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Comment by organsnyder

My utility doesn't have a program quite like this, but they do have a peak power rate that incentivizes similar behavior. I have our system configured to charge up to 90% at 12pm, and then consume no grid power until 7pm (peak rate is 1-7pm), or if the battery gets down to 35%.

I also have it configured to charge to 100% if there are any weather watches or warnings. That overrides the time-of-use configuration.

We do also have a generator that I can hook up if the batteries get too low. We have enough battery to get us through the night, but we don't have enough solar to keep up in an outage during the darker months, or if we want to run the A/C.

parent organsnyder 1 month ago

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