Powerwall 2 and Integrated Solar

Re:Powerwall 2 and Integrated Solar by snarfy on Saturday October 29, 2016 @07:06AM (#12823477)

It's really going to depend on the location in the US.

When I was living in the southwest, my energy bill per month was ~$500 for a 4 bedroom house. A/C eats a lot of power. After moving to the northwest, my bill is around $80/mo.

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Re:Powerwall 2 and Integrated Solar by Brakenshire on Saturday October 29, 2016 @07:53AM (#12823588)

To convert that to kWh, assuming a 10-15c/kWh rate, that would equate to 40,000-60,000 kWh per year in the SW and 6,400-9,600 kWh in the NE.

My figure for a 4 bed house in the UK is about 4,800 kWh per year.

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Re:Powerwall 2 and Integrated Solar by mhenr18 on Saturday October 29, 2016 @10:48AM (#12824166)

I'm unsure about the US but I know that where I live a solid third or so of my power bills are a fixed rate that you pay to access the grid (so pretty much line rental). It doesn't feel to me like that's a particularly unique situation.

So it's worth keeping in mind that the actual power usage figure may be a fair amount lower, and that your SW calcs are a bit of a worst case estimate.

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Re:Powerwall 2 and Integrated Solar by ghaff on Saturday October 29, 2016 @01:40PM (#12825181)

That's not the case on my bill in the Northeast. There's a $4/month customer charge but everything else is kWh based (whether from the supplier or the distributor).

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