<div dir="ltr">It's the consumer's right to have one point of metering and distribute the power to their loads. I would not ask the utility, I would tell them I was rewiring and wanted to have only one metering point. It's stupid to pay for all those meters. Most customers don't realize there is a cost to having multiple meters and the problems it causes when it comes to self consumption. We regularly consolidate customers who have one meter for each guest cottage or main house, once they understand the advantages they rewire and tell the utility to remove the redundant meters. </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jul 4, 2019 at 2:30 PM Andrew Truitt <<a href="mailto:atruitt@gmail.com">atruitt@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Happy 4th Wrenches! Has anyone ever been through the process of consolidating utility electric meters for a client? We're talking to an HOA that has 15 meters throughout the community for common area loads (clubhouse, pool pump, lighting, fountain...) so they're paying a fixed monthly charge on each in addition to energy and demand charges. Consolidating to a single master meter (possibly with sub-metering) would likely lower their costs on its own, and (more importantly?) would improve the value proposition for a PV+ESS installation. We're not sure if the community is served by a single or multiple transformers yet, but if it is just one then the process should be straightforward from a technical standpoint. The interwebs tell me that some providers (seems like mostly co-ops) are open to this, but I can't find anything for this particular utility. </div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_-8596441479358821580gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:ArialMT,serif,EmojiFont;color:rgb(64,64,64)">Regards, </span><br></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:ArialMT,serif,EmojiFont;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-spacing:0px;border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(68,68,68);width:400px;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;line-height:normal"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0px 0px 6px;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(23,147,206);width:259px"><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif">Andrew Truitt</font><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:9pt;border-spacing:0px;border-collapse:collapse;width:400px;line-height:normal"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" width="400" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;padding:0px;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(44,44,44);width:400px"><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">www.dr.ventures</span></span></div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">d: 202.486.7507</span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" width="400" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;padding:0px;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(44,44,44);width:400px"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,Helvetica,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols,Helvetica,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols,Helvetica,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols,Helvetica,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji;font-size:16px;margin:0px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,Helvetica,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols,Helvetica,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols,Helvetica,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols,Helvetica,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji;font-size:16px;margin:0px"><div style="margin:0px"><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153);font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:10pt">NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional ID: 032407-66</span><br></div><div style="margin:0px"><div style="margin:0px"><div style="margin:0px"><font face="Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont" size="1" color="#500050"><span style="font-size:12.78px"><font face="Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont" size="2" color="#999999"><span style="font-size:10pt">Colorado Journeyman Electrician License No.: 600132</span></font></span></font></div><div style="margin:0px"><font face="Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont" size="1" color="#500050"><span style="font-size:12.78px"><font face="Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont" size="2" color="#999999"><span style="font-size:10pt"><br></span></font></span></font></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></span></td><td style="padding:0px 0px 6px;width:141px;text-align:right"><img border="0" alt="Logo" src="https://s8.postimg.cc/vbfqwedet/DRV_-_1920.png" width="200" height="83" class="gmail-m_-8596441479358821580gmail-CToWUd" style="border: 0px; 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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Chris Mason<div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><span style="font-size:13px">NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer\u2122</span></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Solar Design Engineer</span></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><span style="font-size:13px">Generac Generators Industrial technician</span></div></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><span style="font-size:13px"><br></span></div><div><a href="http://www.cometenergysystems.com" target="_blank">www.cometsolar.com</a></div><div>264.235.5670</div><div>869.662.5670</div><div>Skype: netconcepts</div></div></div>