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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Our utility wanted to add a new capacity and demand charge to all solar customers’ bills. </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>And the new </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>California Public Utilities Commission decision on net metering</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>included a mandate for new solar installs to join Time of Use pricing by 2019. This seems to be the trend that many grid connected PV installers are going to have to adapt to. While this version of Aquion may not handle surges, we might all benefit by adapting demand side hardware like the Energy Sentry <a href="http://energysentry.com/PP-residential-controllers.php">http://energysentry.com/PP-residential-controllers.php</a> to change the shapes and timing of our loads. Whether on or off grid, this might be a value-added product we could offer our customers and possibly make new batteries more compatible.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Bill Dorsett<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Manhattan, KS 66502<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>