2020 Electric Bills

Bill dated 1/20/2020 is      -$174.05

Prior bills, in 2019, were -$157.20, -$204.19, -$185.81,  -$200.90.  Earlier, generally less magnitude than  -$100.  One year ago, the bill was +$67.50 which is the "connection fee" on the three meters.  Prior to about April 2019, all meters were on the old rate schedule which resulted in annual crediting of over production; about April, I converted one meter to the new rate schedule which resulted in monthly credits.  The monthly crediting started covering my "connection fees".  More than covering.

January was a pretty bad month with short days and much cloudiness.  So, I still look forward to ~-$200/month.  Or more.

I had quite a bit of damage due to a wind storm in mid January.  But, I lost no more than 10% of my production.  I'm gradually putting things back in order in addition to working on more installs and conversion to steeply sloping E/W panels.  I just need more time.  And, more stamina/energy.

3/17/2020
Bill dated 2/18/2020 is     -$154.06
The annual "banked" credits from the legacy rate structures were additionally credited totaling just under $1k.  Into the future, only one of my meters remains on the legacy rate.  Total credit is balance is -$1916.98.  I can either spend that credit on Bluebonnet upgrades or take a cash payment; a cash payment would be a taxable event.

3/19/2020
Bill dated 3/18/2020 is   -$269.93
A new one month sales record!  A not particularly good month.  Mid length days and quite a bit of cloudiness.
Woohoo!  I'm on my way!  I can see ~$500 near year end.  Or more.

4/20/2020
Bill dated 3/19/2020 is -$192.50
Primary reason for decline is cloudy rainy weather.  Secondary reason is two days of lost production across the road due to transformer upgrade disruption.  Cost of the transformer upgrade was covered by accumulated credit, about $2k.
Plotting for increased production continues.

5/18/2020

Bill dated 5/17/2020 is -$489.51 and includes a "capital credit" of $85.31.  My production credit, then, is just over $400 as expected.  Generally we had pretty good production weather slightly countered by the billing period being only 28 days.

I continue to work on adding production but progress has been slowed due to trouble getting new string inverters working.  Though I continue to expect/hope for significant improvement in the near term.  Both the 37.5 and 50kva transformers are peaking at 20-25kw so there is significant head room for growth in both.  Prior to upgrades, peak powers were limited to 16-17kw.