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Solar & Energy Storage with Time of Use Energy Plans
What are Time of Use Energy Plans? Time of use (TOU) plans charge customers for their energy usage according to a price that varies throughout the day. On-peak rates usually occur in the late afternoon and early evening when people…
Solar & Energy Storage with Real Time Energy Pricing
Introduction A lot of people become interested in solar as a way to make it through grid-down situations. Let’s follow-up on our real time pricing scenario and see how solar coupled to an energy storage system (ESS) compares to a…
Real Time Energy Pricing Solar Array Optimization
Introduction This article follows-up on our net metering case study. Oftentimes, people want to know what will happen if their net metering energy policy is replaced with something else. You might even have questions about a house with solar panels…
Net Metering Explained
In order to understand the financial aspects of a solar energy project, it helps to first understand net metering as a base-case. Case Study Parameters To explain it as quickly as possible, we take an imaginary household for an example.…