lets say i have solar panels that produce 500 kwh, and im using 750 kwh. obviously i’ll be charged for the 250 kwh that my solar panels did not produce, but will the electric company be able to tell that i am using 750 kwh?
Sort of. You may not be using the power at the same time the panels are producing the power. If you are away during the day, hopefully only your fridge is running, so you are producing more than you are using. The bi-directional meter will be spinning backwards, showing that you are pushing power out to the grid. At night, when you turn on the lights, TV, computer, etc, you’ll be using more than you are producing, (which is nothing, it’s dark), so your meter will be spinning forwards. At the end of the month, they will charge you for what you used, and credit you for what you sold. Ultimately it will end up you pay for 250kwh, but they know that you used more than that and your meter spun backwards at times. However, because they won’t know how much your fridge used during the day when you were producing, they won’t have an exact figure of how much you made/used.
Yes. It normally requires a controller be installed with the system which controls and monitors the amount going from the panels, the amount used by you, and the amount going to the grid.
Sort of. You may not be using the power at the same time the panels are producing the power. If you are away during the day, hopefully only your fridge is running, so you are producing more than you are using. The bi-directional meter will be spinning backwards, showing that you are pushing power out to the grid. At night, when you turn on the lights, TV, computer, etc, you’ll be using more than you are producing, (which is nothing, it’s dark), so your meter will be spinning forwards. At the end of the month, they will charge you for what you used, and credit you for what you sold. Ultimately it will end up you pay for 250kwh, but they know that you used more than that and your meter spun backwards at times. However, because they won’t know how much your fridge used during the day when you were producing, they won’t have an exact figure of how much you made/used.
Yes. It normally requires a controller be installed with the system which controls and monitors the amount going from the panels, the amount used by you, and the amount going to the grid.
No