Our Solar Array is Paying Us Back

According to our most recent PG&E Bill, our Solar PV array generated $31.73 worth of energy this month---that is over what we used.

What does this mean?

The electricity that we used in the winter, which totaled $75.00 is now down to $43.27, which is our TOTAL electricity use for this year, which started in September.

No, what does this really mean?

We used more electricity than we generated over the winter. And in the spring and summer we will generate more electricity than we need to balance out our energy use.

Our electric meter zeroes out in September. If we have made more electricity than we use, PG&E keeps the difference. If we use more electricity than we have made (from Solar PV array) we pay PG&E the difference.

Ah. Good deal.