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From: Paul Duncan <pabs@pablotron.org>
Date: Tue, 2 May 2023 04:12:43 -0400
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+slug: solar-a-great-month
+title: "Solar: A Great Month"
+date: "2023-05-02T02:48:38-04:00"
+draft: true
+
+pics:
+ dashboard:
+ css: "image"
+ tip: "April energy production and consumption."
+ sources:
+ - "/files/posts/solar-a-great-month/dashboard.webp"
+ - src: "/files/posts/solar-a-great-month/dashboard.png"
+ width: 805
+ height: 493
+ bill:
+ css: "image"
+ tip: "Power bill from March 21st to April 24th."
+ sources:
+ - "/files/posts/solar-a-great-month/bill.webp"
+ - src: "/files/posts/solar-a-great-month/bill.png"
+ width: 977
+ height: 634
+---
+
+Last month our solar panels generated more energy than we consumed for
+the entire month. Here's the Enphase dashboard for April:
+
+{{< pe-figure "dashboard" >}}
+
+
+Here is our latest power bill:
+
+{{< pe-figure "bill" >}}
+
+(Note: The date ranges in the two pictures overlap by 21 days but don't
+match precisely, because our billing period is not quite monthly).
+
+The highlighted sections of the bill above show the following:
+
+* The total was $7.14
+* We have an 18 kWh credit (e.g. [net metering][])
+
+The kicker? [Our car is electric][ev]; the bill includes the electricity
+for the house *and* the car.
+
+[net metering]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_metering
+ "Monthly rollover of kWh credits."
+[ev]: {{< relref "2019-04-03-model-3.md" >}}
+ "2019 Tesla Model 3 LR AWD"
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