[RE-wrenches] Gross PV production meter options

[toddcory at finestplanet.com]

no, he said he only wanted to meter what was being sold to the grid... not what was sold to the grid plus local consumption (which is the only way to measure total PV production).
 
btw austin international (they have a new name now) has cheaper meters.,
 
todd
 
 
 
On Tuesday, December 6, 2011 9:59pm, wirewiz at gmail.com said:



David,

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

Larry Liesner
Wirewiz
31 Lincoln St
Westport, CT 06880
[tel:203-644-2404] 203-644-2404
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 NABCEP Certified PV Installer (# 032611-184)



On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Dave Palumbo <[mailto:dave at independentpowerllc.com] 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.
 
David Palumbo
Independent Power LLC
462 Solar Way Drive
Hyde Park, VT 05655 
[http://www.independentpowerllc.com] www.independentpowerllc.com 
NABCEP Certified PV Installer
Vermont Solar Partner
23 Years Experience, [tel:%28802%29%20888-7194] (802) 888-7194
 
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