[RE-wrenches] Gross PV production meter options

[Howie Michaelson]

Dave,
Which utility is it? WEC?
Are you doing an AC coupled or DC coupled system? If AC I believe you could use a normal 240v meter between the critical load panel and the grid inverter which would only measure the solar production.

Howie Michaelson


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). 
>
> 
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>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).
>
> 
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>Hialeah Meter offered a GE KV2CE meter that can be programmed to do what we
>need for $ 260 plus $25 programming fee.
>
> 
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>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
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>www.independentpowerllc.com 
>
>NABCEP Certified PV Installer
>
>Vermont Solar Partner
>
>23 Years Experience, (802) 888-7194 
>
> 
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