Tuesday, March 31, 2009

First Billing for Total Solar Month

We just received the March bill from APS. This marks the first bill where we generated our own electricty for the entire month. At the time of the meter read, we had 349 kWh in credits (now over 480 just a few days later). The total bill is for $8.54, with the breakdown being: (click on the image at right to see the details)

Basic service charge $1.74
Metering $2.48
Meter reading $1.71
Billing $1.92
Regulatory assessment $0.01
State sales tax $$0.44
County sales tax $0.06
City sales tax $0.18

At this time last year we used $3.71/day, this cycle was $0.27, and it is all admin charges and taxes. The days are getting longer, and we generate more each day. Last month we got about 44 kWh out of a day, yesterday it was 58.8 kWh. I'm curious to see what the peak amount per day can be.

Stay tuned....

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