In 2012, shortly after moving to electric with our BMW Active E, it became apparent to us that installing a solar array on our roof was going to be beneficial for us to lower the cost of our transportation fuel as well as our consumption of energy at home. Producing our own fuel coupled with net … Continue reading Solar Panels and Inverters, Our First Solar Repair Experience.
On Friday, October 28, 2016, approximately a year and a half since the original Tesla Energy launch EVent on April 30, 2015, Tesla improved upon the PowerWall and PowerPack, Tesla revisited Tesla Energy with the launch of the Tesla/Solar City product launch for the Solar Shingles. Tesla Energy 2015 Launch I did a bunch of … Continue reading Tesla Solar EVent
This is our fourth year update. Click here for the Last Year’s (3rd Year) Summary. It’s been four years since our PTO our solar array was approved, we originally estimated our savings on driving the Active E or a vehicle like the Active E. Since then, we moved from driving one EV to two EVs … Continue reading Our fourth year of Solar usage.
This is a third year update. Click here for the 2nd Year of Net Metering. It’s been three years since our PTO was approved, we originally estimated our savings on driving the Active E or a vehicle like the Active E. Since then, we moved from one EV to two EVs to three EVs back … Continue reading Our third year of Solar usage.
It’s been two years since our PTO was approved, and, as opposed to last year, when all we had was the Active E, we pretty much used at LEAST two EVs, if not three EVs over the past year. In our first year of Solar use, we had a credit. Which, as we found out, … Continue reading So, we got our bill for the second year of Solar usage from SCE.
A picture is worth a 1000 words… So,here are some pictures… This is what the front of the house looks like. One of the good things about our house is the fact that the south facing roof (the one with the most power generating capability) is not on the front of the house. This fact … Continue reading Real Goods Solar installation
Saving money while saving the environment is an addictive process. It’s crack for good Karma! I feel like Michael Corleone in the Godfather III, I try to get away from it, but they keep dragging me back in! As I had indicated on my Ping! post, I got “unofficial” Permission to Operate (PTO) on August … Continue reading More Napkin math, OR – Real Goods Solar and BMW’s program is a REAL GOOD deal!
[ORIGINALLY POSTED around AUGUST 8-10, 2017, Suffered post loss from migration of hosts, so re-posting on 2018-09-09, about a year later, still waiting on Part 2, when all is complete. Please read everything past this as it was intended on August 2017. Thanks to the Internet Wayback Machine (web.archive.org) for being able to recreate my … Continue reading Finally installed our PowerWalls Part 1… The build-up to the actual installation…
The beginning of June has been a jam-packed time for our EV life. We packed three differing EV related events into six days on a trip to the Bay Area. Thus, this series of a trip in three phases. A few weeks prior to this trip, I’ve been playing #EVBingo with a bunch of fellow … Continue reading A Trip in Three phases… Phase 1… The Tesla Owners Club 2017 Leadership Conference
We love to travel. Even before our many roadtrips in the Model S, we used to fly all over the place. However, the past few years, we’ve done more driving than flying. When we went on airplane trips, we always made note of EVs and EV infrastructure wherever we went. From visiting the BMWi Park … Continue reading Traveling without your EV? Here’s how we do it, most recent stop, Perth, Australia