Dec 22: The electrical permit is approved. The paperwork is sent to the Utility to commission the system. On Dec 23, I called and Kostas Tolios told me he approved it and sent it to field operations to come out and install the new meter to commission the system. This is possible before Dec 31, but not really likely until after Jan 4.







Jan. 7, 2016: DTE finally arrives to reprogram and reset the meter. I was supposed to receive and email from Kostas indicating the system was commissioned, but it never came. After calling him a week later, he said there was a problem with the meter or something. It wasn't properly talking. Now, I have to wait until after Jan 18 (MLK day, a holiday) for DTE to determine the issue. The last word was it will probably be another week before it is resolved.







Feb. 3, 2016: Our first bill with partial billing under Net Metering Category 1. It was very difficult to figure out how much was actually saved because of DTE's daily rate changes based on use. I will not track my usage on a daily basis. After much calculating, I determined that we sold 73 kwHrs, which offset our bill, used 74 kwHrs of our own generated energy, and thus saved about $25 were we to buy it all from DTE. Bring on the sun!







When the system finally generates its full rated capacity of 7.68kW, I will post a final update.