Edison bill $25

I just love that my normal electric bill is now $25 per month instead of $150 or 180. The electric company (SCE) even only wants 2.72 for the month. So during the holidays, I can postpone paying the $25 and just send $2.72 and pay the rest later, very cool. This is a great way [...]

Good news – smart meter is solar compatible

I finally got a hold of So. Cal. Edison about my smart meter. Good news, it is compatible. SCE installed the newest smart meter at my house which has the extra chip inside to handle solar generation. Yahoo! SCE explained the various smart meter screens while I was outside looking at it. There is one [...]

August 23

The daily solar output graph for today. Sunny and super hot everyday, 103, well not that hot compared to Palm Springs which has been over 110 lately.

Mid-month predition – over 650 kWh – oh and now over 6200 kWh this year!

Yes, I have made over 6200 kWh this year and I still have 2 more weeks. This month so far I have over 330 kWh which means over 650 kWh this month, yahoo!

Almost mid-month

Planning on making over 650 kWh again this month. That sure is a lot of free electricity. I love saving money and helping the environment. I have friends that use $300 plus every month on electricity and they still don’t go solar. OH well maybe later. Here is today’s graph.

3.2 kW

Yes, it is Friday and there were clouds and fog and sun and heat. Look at this graph below and see. Also the highest point of the graph 3.2 was much higher than any of the last month. Go figure. Comments?

So. Cal. Edison and rate hikes

Sungevity locks in a 2.9% rate hike each year which if you research the other companies their rate hikes are much higher. One larger solar panel leasing/purchase company that interested me, before I picked Sungevity had a 4.7% rate increase each year. Another one was at 3.5%. The predicted rate hike for Edison was 5% [...]

Robert’s Solar Panel Electricity results for April 2011

Here it is for those of you wanting to compare your 2.9 kW system from Sungevity (lease) with someone else. He is super happy with it. He will probably be negative at the end of the year. Here is Robert’s results. Thanks Robert for sending it in. Robert lives in the La Verne area of [...]

Happy Earth Day! Go Solar!

Back in the 70′s, we used to write “Go Solar” on our electric bills. Too bad they didn’t listen to us back then. There were solar festivals everywhere with solar exhibits, panels, wind generators, solar water heaters, homemade solar cookers, commercial products of all kinds, organic gardening booths, demonstrations on how to convert lawn clippings [...]

4/14/11 solar panel results

Here is the graph for yesterday’s solar panel results of 4/14/11, 24.2  kWh not bad for the middle of April. We will see what May brings. Warming up this week, 83 Friday and 87 on Saturday. A good place to have solar, sunny Southern California.