US solar capacity to add 41 GWs in next 12 months

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I wonder how they track 'small scale solar'? I assume that's anything less than a field full of PV panels. When I installed my system, is it added to a publicly available amount kept by the local utility?

Link to tweet

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1. The twitter link seems to be down...

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9. Twitter had issues yesterday and today

You have to log into the site to get it to work.

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11. OK, thanks. I don't actually have an account, just look at links that people post.

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12. Here's the post

@johnrhanger
Good morning with good news: US solar capacity skyrockets in next 12 months by ~41 GWs, according to EIA's latest data! That's a record amount built in 12 months. Utility scale capacity jumps from 73 GW to 107 GW & small scale solar adds at least 7 GWs.

https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.php?t=table_6_01

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3. yes they do.

if you’re plugged into the grid, your elec provider has tallied that up.
in illinois, the state gives u a credit based on capacity, so they track it too.
there’s permits, too.

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4. So off-grid installations wouldn't be included in that total?

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5. didnt mean that. there's lots of measures.

they track factory output, for 1 thing. but i think most ppl get some sort of incentive.

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6. ok, I see, thanks!

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7. factory orders r also tracked.

there was a report the other day that there was enough domestic capacity to meet 2030 goals. iirc they said orders were also on track.

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8. I had to register my system with the local utility

So they know it's 4000wp. They also know how much I over produced but they have to guess on how much the system produced.

I guess they could look at past history of my usage prior to installation and infer how much it produced.

My point is that solar is producing more than they can measure.

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10. my system is same as far as what com ed sees.

they see how much of their juice i use, and how much i feed back. but how much of i produce and use myself, they dont know. i do have an app that tells me.
and i’m getting another system for a rental, and the co will monitor my production, cuz i have a guarantee.
i didnt mean to imply that there’s a full time metering going on.