<p> I would just add that the reason there is a generator input, is for when wildfire smoke, winter storms, and damage to the solar power system occurs. More solar/storage might not do much good when smoke drops the solar output by 80%.</p>
<p>My business can't use SGIP for obvious reasons. PG & E reported that before they restored power (PSPS) yesterday, they found about 50 major power line issues caused by wind. These shutdowns are not going away soon.</p>
<p>Grid people who have all electric appliances need to get real about loads and partially adopt some offgrid mentality here.</p>
<p>The PSPS grid shut-downs just make power resiliency more apparent, in my opinion. Not a good time to lose the ability to use a generator.</p>
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<p>On Fri, 11 Sep 2020 13:01:24 -0700, August Goers <august@luminalt.com> wrote:</p>
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<div dir="ltr">In CA the market for ESS is primarily grid tied support features driven by SGIP + backup (public safety power shutoffs, folks who live in less stable grid areas, folks worried about natural disasters) so the ESS is designed to replace generators. This might be a little trickier for areas that need air conditioning during a grid outage (or for all electric homes), but one tactic is just to go bigger with the ESS and PV system. I guess what I'm saying is that the value proposition might already be getting better just to skip the generator and go bigger with the storage. Even Generac might be going that route.
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">We are seeing tons of companies in Florida offering Generac/Pika now. They didn't do it when it was Pika, so why would they now that it has an orange label? Crazy. </div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">No generator input makes zero sense and even less sense for a generator manufacturer.</div>
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<div>Pika was bought out by Generac and rebranded as their PWR cell. Most of the old crew from Pika are now working for Generac. It's beyond me that Generac bought them and yet they still don't have a generator input. That's why I could never sign on to the Pika product line. Good luck.</div>
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<div>Or if anyone knows where one could get one of their inverters rebuilt/repaired let me know.<br />
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