02-22-2021, 04:06 AM
Many PoCos track your real-time use, and depending on your metering system, they could conceivably charge at real-time/demand rates. That's the goal anyway… Whether or not Texas PoCos are doing this is up for speculation, but the technology is everywhere.
For example, with a few keystrokes, we can get instant data on usage. Having solar, it's part of the monitoring system. It's the same data the PoCo is getting. Important to them because they have to pay for any electricity produced here that goes back into the grid. So knowing at what time that juice is flowing, and which direction it's flowing is important. Everyone in Cali is headed for time-of-use (TOU)metering. And it's a really small step to make TOU dynamic … Brave new energy world.
For example, with a few keystrokes, we can get instant data on usage. Having solar, it's part of the monitoring system. It's the same data the PoCo is getting. Important to them because they have to pay for any electricity produced here that goes back into the grid. So knowing at what time that juice is flowing, and which direction it's flowing is important. Everyone in Cali is headed for time-of-use (TOU)metering. And it's a really small step to make TOU dynamic … Brave new energy world.