Made a Major Change To Electric Bill

Switched over to the "EZ-3 Plan" for my electric bill.  This gives me only 3 hours per day ( 3-6 PM) with "On Peak" charges (the most expensive hours ).  Since we usually get home around 4:30-5:30, this puts us home for a very short time during highest cost times.
On the plan I switched FROM, the On Peak hours were 5-9 AM and 5-9 PM for On Peak, and the rest Off Peak for November thru April.  The On Peak hours the rest of the year were 1-8 PM.
So now I have only 3 hours On Peak versus 8 or 7 hours.  And instead of being home in the afternoons mostly on the On Peak hours, we have at most 1.5 hours of On Peak when we are home in the afternoons.
I can't switch back for 12 months, so here's hoping this WILL actually save me a little money.  We shall see.

Bad news for SolarCity referrals

SRP has "capped" residential solar incentives at 5 kw systems.  This puts a lot of larger homes ( > 1,500 sq ft ) out of contention because you need at least a system that size to make a good dent into a high electric bill.
This really blows for referrals.  Not many homes I would refer are small enough to make use of a 5 kw system.

BOO !!!  BOO !!!!

Record-high production

Have now consecutive days of "record high" production numbers.

A 27.46 followed by a 27.91.

Wondering when I might see my first 30.  How about summer, with almost 2 more hours of sun?  Can I hit 35?

April billing period looking, um, SCHWEEEET !!!

Looking great for this period.  On schedule to have a calculated bill of -$25.00 thus far, through the 5th.

March Production ROCKED !!!

March the panels produced:

716.91 kwh

leaving me with an SRP bill of $19.35.

At this rate, for a year I'll make 7,662 kwh, which would provide me with 88% of my needs, based on the prior 12 months.

Sunshine, On My Panels, Makes Me HAPPY !!!

Generatin' like a MoFo this past few days, since El Nino FINALLY took the clouds away.
Already this month I have more 20+ kwh days than I had in all of February.
Looks like the SRP bill might be as low as $26 this month.....Woo-Hoo !!!

Long Time Between Posts

Sorry about the long break b/n posts.......been really busy at work and at home.

Anyway, yesterday 3-11-2010 was my highest production thus far from the system :  26.66 kwh.  That bests the previous high of 25.64 kwh.

Interesting fact:  Both of my top 2 production days had a high temp of 62 degrees. Coincidence or related? Is 62 degrees the "sweet spot" for production temperatures?  HHHmmm.....

It was cool (62 degrees for high) and sunny all day, which I am learning makes for a good production day - panels don't get too hot, and the sun hits them most of the day.

Looking forward to seeing what I start getting as the days get longer but the temps heat up a little bit.