[RE-wrenches] Gross PV production meter options

[wirewiz at gmail.com]

David,

Here is a link to what you might be looking for:
http://www.outbackpower.com/pdf/tech_notes/120_vac_single_inverter.pdf

Larry Liesner
Wirewiz
31 Lincoln St
Westport, CT 06880
203-644-2404
wirewiz at gmail.com
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NABCEP Certified PV Installer (# 032611-184)


On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Dave Palumbo
<dave at independentpowerllc.com>wrote:

> 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.****
>
> ** **
>
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