Thursday, March 31, 2011

March's production of over 717 kWh. Note that the numbers for the 14th and 15th are inaccurate b/c I turned off the router while we were out of town, forgetting that the comm card in the inverter needs the router to talk to the internet. Some of the data was cached within the card and recovered when comms resumed, but part of both days is missing. Still, the graph shows the ever increasing daily totals, marching toward the solstice on June 21. There were only three days of significant cloudiness/snow cover (7,8,22), proving once again that the Land of Enchantment is a good place to collect photons.

Sunday, March 27, 2011

First Electric Bill

Our first electric bill after system start-up. It includes the 9 days prior to going solar. After startup, we used 305 kWh and produced 409, so the charges are only for set fees and the 224 kWh we used before solar, reduced by the overage we produced (104 kWh), for a net of 120 kWh. Note our previous electric bill of $156.23!