Wednesday, May 9, 2012

New Meter

The co op came by and swapped our main meter out for an analog one (the REC meter is still digital). He said the digital meters were not doing what they wanted, and that they would soon be carrying forward generated electricity credits into the next month. Good news, considering that PV systems are sized to fit on an annual basis instead of being reconciled each month like they've been doing. Maybe they'll start buying REC credits as well! It's cool to actually see the meter run backwards. This one was all zeros when they installed it a week ago, and it hasn't gone into positive territory yet. I took a short video showing it running backwards, and how dramatically it slows down when a cloud blocks the sun.