One MegaWattHour

July 11, 2004 by · Leave a Comment
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Today, our solar electric system finished generating it’s first MegaWattHour (MWh). That happened in about a month, given that we turned the panels on for real on June 14 and they had run in test for one week.

Of course, that’s ideal performance. We haven’t had many rainy or cloudy days in the last month and these are the longest days of the year. I’m sure this will be balanced by days where the panels are snow-covered in the winter. However, it’s looking good!

PSE&G Confusion

July 11, 2004 by · Leave a Comment
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Our new meter was read on June 21, 2004. When last Friday (July 9) had come without a bill, I got suspicious.

I called PSE&G customer service. It seems that in the change of meters, the system never generated a monthly bill for us. The customer service representative said he’d get one generated.

Moral of the story – watch your utility like a hawk after installing solar panels.