We have just finished the most recent true-up period this month. For the year, our electricity cost from the true-up bill was just under $20.00. Not too shabby.
And, we wondered about adding a bit to the system to get to the point we would over produce for a change. We were told that it would not work that way. We could shoot for the $20 mark, which may only take an additional panel. It would not be economical to just add a panel or two just to get that cost down. And in the event we went over, PG and E would only reimburse us at the rate of four cents a Kilowatt hour. What a deal for them. Not too different than it used to be actually when they would just lob off the excess production at year end and not let us use it or reimburse us for it. Four cents? Yikes. I guess we are at their mercy if we are on the grid. Oh, and there is also this. . . No amount of any over production can be used in an off-set of other fees charged over the year. So the $5.00-$6.00 charged in taxes and other fees that everyone pays, would still have to be paid.
