{"id":6480,"date":"2017-05-12T12:15:08","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T16:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/?p=6480"},"modified":"2017-05-12T12:15:08","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T16:15:08","slug":"solar-meter-running-backwards-2017-05-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/solar-meter-running-backwards-2017-05-12.html","title":{"rendered":"Solar meter running backwards 2017-05-12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\nIf my electric utility paid me as much as I pay them for electricity,\r\nI&#8217;d be making a profit from my solar panels.\r\nAs it is, I profit anyway by paying a lot less, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/new-solar-panels-at-okra-paradise-farms.html\">the panels<\/a> are paid for,\r\nand I get to watch\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8Au0hLddWlk\">\r\nthe electric meter galloping backwards<\/a> on a sunny day:\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8Au0hLddWlk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<br>\r\nThe little bars are moving to the left below the numbers, which means I&#8217;m selling solar power to the power company.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nAnd that&#8217;s with only about<!--more-->\r\n\r\n 10 kiloWatts being generated,\r\nshort of the 15 KW max the solar panels approach at noon in high summer.\r\n<H4><a name=\"Delivered--26693-kWh\" href=\"#Delivered--26693-kWh\">Delivered: 26693 kWh<\/a><\/H4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<a title=\"Delivered: 26693 kWh\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=6474\">\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" id=\"6476\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"Delivered: 26693 kWh\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/df0d89b8d651e9f08f559f64b0181bea.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<br>\r\nThis is what we sell to Colquitt Electric at 4.5 cents per kiloWatthour.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<H4><a name=\"Received--20907-kWh\" href=\"#Received--20907-kWh\">Received: 20907 kWh<\/a><\/H4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<a title=\"Received: 20907 kWh\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=6477\">\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" id=\"6479\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"Received: 20907 kWh\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/6ec0948ba93ff390da1075fc572ae1e4.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<br>\r\nThis is what we buy from Colquitt Electric at 10 cents per kiloWatthour.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nGeorgia law requires your electric utility to buy solar power you generate,\r\nif you meet certain requirements, which you can by using a certified solar installer.\r\nBut the power company gets to set the rate they pay you.\r\nThey set it at their so-called &#8220;avoided rate&#8221;, which is what\r\nthey claim it would have cost them to generate the power.\r\n<p>\r\nNevermind that studies by\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/austin-energy-pays-3-cents-extra-for-solar-and-everybody-wins.html\">\r\nAustin Energy<\/a>\r\nand\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/minnesota-follows-austin-with-value-of-solar-tariff-better-than-net-metering-or-not.html\">Minnesota<\/a>\r\nshow that distributed solar generation is a benefit to the power company,\r\nbecause of less wear on their lines (the solar power I use here doesn&#8217;t have to pass through their lines), delayed need for financing to build\r\nmore power plants, more robustness when lines or power plants fail in storms, etc.\r\n<p>\r\nEventually Georgia utlities may see sunlight on net metering.\r\nMeanwhile, I profit anyway.\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If my electric utility paid me as much as I pay them for electricity, I&#8217;d be making a profit from my solar panels. 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