We purchased a home recently and are in escrow. We stupidly agreed to take on the lease. It's a 3.6kW system that inexplicably takes up our entire fucking roof. I want to buy it out, rip it out and put more efficient solar panels and PowerWall because otherwise I won't ever be able to use solar effectively.
I'm reading the lease, and it says that we can buy it out for the Fair Market Value of the system. Does anyone know how much about how the Fair Market Value for a solar panel system?
Hi there!
I am a SolarCity customer for a number of years. I just emailed support about this but curious if someone here has additional insight.
I spent yesterday pulling the data from the last two years from Tesla and from National Grid (my electricity provider) and I unfortunately discovered a data reporting/billing issue while doing this deep dive.
Looking back at each billing cycle, there is a discrepancy in the kwh reported by National Grid and by Tesla.
While my panels were off last summer awaiting repair, I am able to verify that Teslaโs โHome Usageโ and โFrom Gridโ columns are accurate and match what National Grid reported that we used for that billing period. That is, Teslaโs โFrom Gridโ โ โTo Gridโ equals what National Grid is reporting.
Example: July 20-Aug. 28, Home Usage was 700, From Grid was 699 and I was charged 699 from National Grid, indicating that these figures are accurate.
However, going back to at least 2019, when energy is being generated by my panels and we are sending โTo Gridโ, there is a discrepancy, usually between 50 and 100 kwh, in National Gridโs favor.
We know that: Home Usage = (From Grid + (Solar - To Grid)
However, after calculating From the Grid โ To the Grid, that number does not match what National Grid is reporting that we used.
For example on my account: From November 17, 2020 through December 18, 2020 (my national grid reporting period) Tesla reports:
Home Usage: 470.1
Solar Energy: 112.5
From Grid: 413.4
To Grid: 65.3
Which means that 413.4 โ 65.3 is 348.1. However, National Grid is showing 392 for this period, a difference of 43.9.
I am looking to understand where this discrepancy is coming from. Is solar generation overreporting? Is my national grid meter not going "backward" correctly? When the panels are off, all the numbers seem to be accurate, so Iโm confused as to the issue.
Thank you!
Can anyone explain to me the solarcity business model please? Where/how do they make their returns?
Hey all,
I am very new to solar and have been trying to scour this subreddit and using some Google-fu to understand just how bad of a deal it is. I've read a lot about walking away from leases and PPAs but since the MyPower loan was available for such a short time I can't find as many thoughts on it.
It is a 2015, 2.358 kW system and the buyout price is 12k, as sellers have barely made a dent on the principal.
From what I understand, I can potentially get an equivalent, new system for about 5k after tax incentives, correct?
I will be trying to get the sellers to buyout the current system but our real estate agent says that it's unlikely they would agree to it. Wife loves the house and I'm wondering what parameters I need to know if we take it on, and if it makes any sense to go with the lease to at least get the warranties vs. us potentially doing the buyout ourselves and owning it now.
What should I be concerned about? I've asked Tesla for equipment specifications, but not sure how helpful that is for a layman? How bad of a deal is it if we do have to take it on?
Any help from this group would be much appreciated!
The contract is PPA with 202 monthly payments remaining. The current kWh rate is .1361 with an annual 2.9% escalator.
Looking at buying a house near Sacramento with SolarCity PPA in place since 2014. House is in SMUD utility area.
Original PPA price was 10.20/kWh with 2.9% annual escalation. So in 2020, this puts me at 12.109 / kWh.
Per the contract, I would "agree to buy all the power produced by this system" at this rate. But, for non-summer, non-peak hours (the majority of the year), SMUD rate is at 10.35/kWh - or 17% less than PPA. This just seems all sorts of upside down to me, so wondering what I'm missing. I know I would get credit from SMUD for excess production, but seems like the credit rate during the non-summer months would be even lower than 10.35 - making the delta between Solar and SMUD even worse (i.e., I could easily be over-paying by 25% or more during non-summer.). Summer rates is still very attractive, but not so much so that it makes any sense to assume this PPA if I can help it.
Looking for anyone who's got more experience in this for input - I'm moving from Oregon, so solar is entirely new to me. Thank you!
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Schultyp: AHS
Anschrift: Heliosallee 140-142
PLZ: 4030
Ort: Linz
Schultrรคger: Republik รsterreich
Grรผndungsjahr: 2005
Schรผlerzahl: ca. 534 (2019/2020)
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Schulleiter: Berthold Reiter
So long story short I had a Tesla system installed less than a year ago and now I need to replace my roof before it becomes an issue. Tesla did send someone out to inspect my roof before the system was installed and I was told everything was good to go. Well I'm moving now and part of the process was to have a general contractor come out and fix a few things before we move (my wife and I are keeping it as a rental property) and he told us our roof was in bad shape. We got that confirmed by three roofing contractors as well.
I contact Tesla to see how much the system will be to be removed and they told me it would be $8,000 to remove my 8.2Kw system. They won't budge on price. So I contacted a few other installers in the area and they won't touch they system because they don't have the tools required for the proprietary Zep mounting system.
I'm at the point where I'm ready to remove the system myself but I need the Zep Tool in order to do it.
Dose anyone know where I might be able to get my hands on one one?
