content/posts/2023-05-02-solar-a-great-month.md


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---
slug: solar-a-great-month
title: "Solar: A Great Month"
date: "2023-05-02T02:48:38-04:00"

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" >}}
&nbsp;

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"