[RE-wrenches] Gross PV production meter options

Dave Palumbo dave at independentpowerllc.com
Tue Dec 6 14:08:10 PST 2011


We are installing a grid interactive, with battery back-up, OutBack Radian
GS8048 with 5kW of PV. Vermont has a "Solar Adder" premium that varies from
utility to utility but in this case adds 6 cents per kWh over and above
net-metering (basically to come up to a par value of 20 cents/kWh for PV
production). 

 

We need to install a gross PV production meter between the main (utility)
load center panel and the Radian inverter. We need a meter that is not
multidirectional, as we only want to count the kWh's that are pushed out
into the grid (and not subtract what the Radian uses from utility power to
satisfy the protected loads center when the sunlight doesn't handle that).

 

Hialeah Meter offered a GE KV2CE meter that can be programmed to do what we
need for $ 260 plus $25 programming fee.

 

The utility will have an option, but I'm wondering what other options others
have used for this situation.

 

David Palumbo

Independent Power LLC 

462 Solar Way Drive

Hyde Park, VT 05655

www.independentpowerllc.com 

NABCEP Certified PV Installer

Vermont Solar Partner

23 Years Experience, (802) 888-7194 

 

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