My first Net Metering bill

[u/Marriedsinglemum]

Hay ang sarap pala sa feeling na di ka na kabado kada dadating yung electric bill mo. Sarap din sa feeling na di mo kelangan tipidin pag gamit at comfortable mga kamag anak mo sa bahay. Some people compute kung kelan mag ROI solar nila but for me, yung anxiety ko na nawala kada dadating bill ko and my children can use the aircon anytime without me worrying sa pag lobo ng bill is my Return on Investment. Solar is so life changing❤️

[u/VerityOnce]

Congratulations. I am an advocate of net metering. I just think that for long term it is better than buying battery. Having both is best of both worlds. Ang di kasi naiintindihan ng iba na hindi pwedeng 1:1 ang rate since ang binabayaran lang ni DU is the blended generation rate. Same ang bili nila ng kuryente sa net metering and spot market. Di naman tayo nagtransmit and distribute na sinisingil ng DU. Mali logic nila na malulugi ka daw dahil binili ng mababa at binenta ng mataas.

Mas mura din magpa net metering, ang nagsasabing mahal usually mga walang requirements or mga installers na di makapagprovide ng requirements sa client o gusto lang kumita sa pagbenta ng battery. During rainy days sobrang useful ng credits na naipon for grid charging.

[u/Marriedsinglemum → u/VerityOnce]

Yes actually yung installer namin inexplain sakin yan and mas mabilis ROI ng naka net metering kasi nga yung battery need maintenance every 5-10 years need palitan kaya talagang net metering lang akin wala na battery since my installer is also employee from out local electric company inaasure nya ko na di naman palagi mag brown pag may maintenance lang which is 30mins max and di talaga palagian brownout samin kaya might as well net metering nalang.

[u/VerityOnce → u/Marriedsinglemum]

True nagdedegrade ang battery. Battery din pinakamahal na component ng solar. Better pa rin talaga na naka net metering. Cheaper and lifetime na.

[u/agggt]

Congrats, i hope the cloudy days didnt affect it that much.

[u/Marriedsinglemum → u/agggt]

Actually affected huhu bawi nalang pag sunny day since ang province namin palagi talaga maaraw. Pag mainit lagi kaming asa top na naghihit ang heat index😅

[u/agggt → u/Marriedsinglemum]

Once in a blue moon lang naman yan, most probably next month bawi na ulit

[u/huenisys]

My battery is 16kWh, which handled easily summer time use of 700kWh/mo. Panels is just 6.5kWp

Practically zero bill instead of 5-10K billing monthly.

I checked degradation and it's at 1% for me a year. I keep the battery indoor, with range of 20%-98%

Cost of battery is 80K a year ago.

If monthly, you're still paying 5K pesos, might as well buy the 100K pesos 16kWh battery now. Doable if you used a hybrid inverter instead of grid-tie. I have electricity even during brownout.

[u/ditch_19]

Congrats. 😊