Today was meter reading day, I caught the APS guy walking across my lawn just as I was leaving for a meeting. When I got home I read the meter and if my calculations are right (they have been so far) then this will be the first month that I have to dip into my power credits since it looks like my solar production was about 500kWh’s short of consumption, but since I had a few thousand extra hours of credits, my June APS bill should still be under 20 dollars! This will be interesting!
UPDATE: APS is kind of funny, they don’t post my full bill to my account for several days after they read the meters but they post the amount due on the bill when I log in to my account. Now for the big reveal, did my solar power system meet or exceed my expectations??? Drum roll please … my June bill is … $18.07!!!
The breakdown was pretty much as expected, I used a lot more power from APS compared to last month, almost a thousand more kilowatt hours, my production was a bit lower, off by 560 kilowatt hours. The reality is that I didn’t generate any less power than the previous month, I just needed more from the grid.
The great thing about the APS kilowatt hour credits is that I went into last month with 3032 kilowatt hour credits on my APS account, to get my bill to zero + taxes they dipped into my reserve to the tune of about 740 kilowatt hours so going into next months billing I have a total of 2292 kilowatt hours on account to make up for the fact that summer is here and I’m using a bit more power. Based on my spreadsheet I should have enough credits on account to maintain the 17-18 dollar a month bill till the end of summer! My July bill is now posted on the Solar page.
My motto for the month… “Aside from causing skin cancer, the sun is our friend!”
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