sw quiry [RE-wrenches]

[Bill Brooks]

Jay,

They do have the software without sell, I'm just not sure what other
features are missing. This will ultimately be the way they continue to sell
SWs to the off-grid market in the near future. As you suggested, nothing is
instantaneous in these situations.

Xantrex may have better data, but from what I know (I'm sure others may know
better), I think the ratio is about 5% utility interactive, maybe 5% backup
power, and at least 90% off grid. Until two years ago there was almost no
backup power (99.9% offgrid) and until last year there was almost no utility
interactive. My main suspicion for why the whole SW fiasco happened in the
first place is exactly that reason. Attention was placed where their market
was strongest--off-grid. Can't blame them for the emphasis. Nobody was truly
ready for the influx of public interest with the California energy crisis. I
guess it's an example of "be careful what you wish for", but it certainly
has been good for a lot of people, especially folks like your company.

Merry Christmas,
Bill.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jay peltz [mailto:jay at asis.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2001 7:54 AM
> To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
> Subject: Re: sw quiry [RE-wrenches]
>
>
> Hi Bill,
>
> Good point, but:
>
> 1. My guess is that nothing is quick with this kind of situation.
> 2. It would seem to me that a simple software fix ie "removing
> the sell option"
> would allow the units to continue to move and be sold, and they
> can work on the
> intie with a lot less pressure?
>
> I'd still love to know what the percentages are for units sold
> intertie vs off
> grid?
>
> happy holidays,
>
> jay
>
> Bill Brooks wrote:
>
> > Jay and all wrenches,
> >
> > Why produce something you can't put a UL label on? The problem
> is that the
> > utility-interactive features must be disabled (not just --
> don't push SELL)
> > in order for them to proceed with production. You can get those units in
> > Xantrex backup power units. I'm not sure of what generator features are
> > active in these units, however.
> >
> > This issue should be resolved between UL and Xantrex within the next few
> > weeks.
> >
> > There is a very significant piece of news--especially for those
> of you who
> > can't stand utilities. An important meeting took place last
> week among the
> > California investor-owned utilities, Xantrex, and us (Endecon
> Engineering
> > working on behalf of the California Energy Commission). At the end of a
> > two-hour discussion, the utilities decided to allow the SW
> units to continue
> > operation for another several weeks while additional information was
> > gathered on the actual utility-interactive capabilities of the SW.
> >
> > Some may think this was a minor victory and that the utilities
> should have
> > decided this without any discussion--but nothing could be
> further from the
> > truth. The utilities are clearly in the driver's seat on the
> destiny of some
> > 1000 SW systems in California and could have easily required
> all these units
> > shut down, AND locked out. Once you operate the utility lockout
> switch, this
> > disconnects the critical loads from utility charging source and
> would likely
> > cause the critical loads in these homes and businesses to lose power.
> >
> > Xantrex and the wrenches of California received a huge
> Christmas present on
> > December 20 in the form of this reprieve. It is likely the
> information and
> > testing forthcoming will convince the utilities that 99% of the
> existing SW
> > system will not require the new GTI upgrade. That should make wrenches,
> > customers, and Xantrex, very relieved. (you can thank Endecon
> and the CEC at
> > your leisure). We're not out of the woods yet, but daylight is clearly
> > visible.
> >
> > Bill.
>
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