Tesla Energy Plan

Verdigris

It's like the name Apple, to me. Overpriced fanboi kit that doesn't really do anything different to "normal" stuff.

Khuprius

I've been on the Tesla energy plan since October last year. 12p per KWH, same for export. It works. I bought the Tesla battery as it was the biggest on the market at the time and it had the 10 year guarantee. But as prices have rocketed up, that 12p per KWH is a bargain. As the solar is now kicking in, I'm getting better export rates than the 5p I was getting before so I am happy that I will be able to keep my bills low this year. I was also nervous about giving up control, but I got over it.

NoobSolar

Islanding capacity is exactly the kind of thing that is only useful when the SHTF in a big way. A year ago I would have said an unnecessary luxury. A year ago I didn't think there could be another land war in Europe.

flyinggoose

Khuprius said:

I've been on the Tesla energy plan since October last year. 12p per KWH, same for export. It works. I bought the Tesla battery as it was the biggest on the market at the time and it had the 10 year guarantee. But as prices have rocketed up, that 12p per KWH is a bargain. As the solar is now kicking in, I'm getting better export rates than the 5p I was getting before so I am happy that I will be able to keep my bills low this year. I was also nervous about giving up control, but I got over it.

I've just had a Powerwall installed, my plan is to use the tesla energy plan in the winter months when I won't generate much electricity via solar and try to rely solely on solar power the rest of the year importing very little (hopefully) and exporting via the agile outgoing plan with octopus.

Khuprius

flyinggoose said:

Khuprius said:

I've been on the Tesla energy plan since October last year. 12p per KWH, same for export. It works. I bought the Tesla battery as it was the biggest on the market at the time and it had the 10 year guarantee. But as prices have rocketed up, that 12p per KWH is a bargain. As the solar is now kicking in, I'm getting better export rates than the 5p I was getting before so I am happy that I will be able to keep my bills low this year. I was also nervous about giving up control, but I got over it.

I've just had a Powerwall installed, my plan is to use the tesla energy plan in the winter months when I won't generate much electricity via solar and try to rely solely on solar power the rest of the year importing very little (hopefully) and exporting via the agile outgoing plan with octopus.

Yes, that was my plan, the only thing that gives me pause is that I know I can come out of the contract to do that at any time, but I want to make sure that I can get back in! My Tesla contract runs until October, so I think this year I will let it ride and see if it works out. The house is all electric with an airsource, and in May so far we have imported 228, exported 183 and have a bill (so far) of £8.60. I can live with that!

davidjames1701

I’ve recently heard about the Tesla Energy Plan and I think it maybe good for us, so I’m looking for advice , I’ve 6.88 kWh Solar , 3.88 kWh which qualifies for FIT, 2 Tesla Powerwall 2’s and a Tesla Model S, and I’m with Octopus Energy, from what I’ve read so far it seems a little to good to be true, is it ? What does anyone on the Tesla Energy Plan think of it so far ? any help would be great, thanks 

94JDH

davidjames1701 said:

I’ve recently heard about the Tesla Energy Plan and I think it maybe good for us, so I’m looking for advice , I’ve 6.88 kWh Solar , 3.88 kWh which qualifies for FIT, 2 Tesla Powerwall 2’s and a Tesla Model S, and I’m with Octopus Energy, from what I’ve read so far it seems a little to good to be true, is it ? What does anyone on the Tesla Energy Plan think of it so far ? any help would be great, thanks 

This thread over on Tesla UK forums maybe helpful for you, PITA & RedMod3 are advocates of it and are likely to offer advice:

https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/solar-panels-uk-is-it-worth-it.250213/page-60

davidjames1701

94JDH said:

davidjames1701 said:

I’ve recently heard about the Tesla Energy Plan and I think it maybe good for us, so I’m looking for advice , I’ve 6.88 kWh Solar , 3.88 kWh which qualifies for FIT, 2 Tesla Powerwall 2’s and a Tesla Model S, and I’m with Octopus Energy, from what I’ve read so far it seems a little to good to be true, is it ? What does anyone on the Tesla Energy Plan think of it so far ? any help would be great, thanks 

This thread over on Tesla UK forums maybe helpful for you, PITA & RedMod3 are advocates of it and are likely to offer advice:

https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/solar-panels-uk-is-it-worth-it.250213/page-60

Ok, thanks, I’ll check it out 👍🏻

flyinggoose

Khuprius said:

flyinggoose said:

Khuprius said:

I've been on the Tesla energy plan since October last year. 12p per KWH, same for export. It works. I bought the Tesla battery as it was the biggest on the market at the time and it had the 10 year guarantee. But as prices have rocketed up, that 12p per KWH is a bargain. As the solar is now kicking in, I'm getting better export rates than the 5p I was getting before so I am happy that I will be able to keep my bills low this year. I was also nervous about giving up control, but I got over it.

I've just had a Powerwall installed, my plan is to use the tesla energy plan in the winter months when I won't generate much electricity via solar and try to rely solely on solar power the rest of the year importing very little (hopefully) and exporting via the agile outgoing plan with octopus.

Yes, that was my plan, the only thing that gives me pause is that I know I can come out of the contract to do that at any time, but I want to make sure that I can get back in! My Tesla contract runs until October, so I think this year I will let it ride and see if it works out. The house is all electric with an airsource, and in May so far we have imported 228, exported 183 and have a bill (so far) of £8.60. I can live with that!

That's brilliant! My thinking however was that May-August (atleast) I would try and live off just the solar electricity, and it's working so far, a couple of days after having

the Powerwall installed I haven't imported anything from the grid (well, I've imported about 0.2kw from the grid per day despite ample sun and battery having over 50% electricity, but that's another story) in the past week, so I'm hoping my bill for usage will be pretty much zero during these months, and on top of that I'll make some money by selling excess electricity back to the grid.

Of course I might be being somewhat optimistic, we do get some drab, cloudy days in the summer but I'll see how it goes, I hope the Tesla Plan sticks around for a long time because it is a pretty brilliant deal and would come in serious use in the autumn/winter months.

dw202

Just getting to the end of my second quarter with TEP. It works well for us. We are net exporters, having 2 arrays - the first is 3.84 declared net capacity facing SE, the second is 4.8 declared net capacity facing SW. These were installed in first and second year of FITT, so they have already paid back. We have a single Powerwall. We do not have an electric car. We have our Generation Tariff with original supplier (SSE) and no longer receive the "deemed export" amount. 

Quarter 1 was Dec 20th to Mar 19th 2022 - during this period, we imported 1,196 and exported 1,189 - a net of just 6 Kw - less than £1. During this period we generated 1,156.

65 days into Quarter 2, we have imported 361 and exported 1,790, a net export of 1,429 - worth £168. During this period we generated 2,145.

The 14th May is the single most profitable day so far, we generated 54.7KW with a net export of 45.5, worth £5.35.

We use gas for heating and hot water. The big question now for this year is whether we get more back for the electricity that we sell than we pay for the gas that we use. (ignoring the day charges). At the moment we are £147 in debt, but with a run of sunny days.....who knows. We have made an overall profit on every day since the start of April.

Tesla charge up the battery if they "think" it is needed, they do seem to use the following days weather to decide what to do and also they start drawing from the battery in the late afternoon, leaving it at 19% each day. 

Finally, the "waste". In the first quarter 157Kw went into the battery that did not come out again, about 20p per day. So far, in the second quarter, this is 97Kw, about 17.5p per day. I calculate the waste as "Generated" + "Imported" - "Used"- "Exported". Apart from anomalies on a few days, this is becoming a very consistent figure in each quarter - 1.7 in quarter 1 and 1.4 in quarter 2.

So far so good, I think. Will be interesting to see what happens to the rates when we reach the end of the current contract.