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Option to define install date (for Monthly Usage Breakdown)

Right now, the Usage Breakdown shows all the months in the year rather than just the months after going solar. So, if a solar system is offset 100% once installed, the monthly bill still shows as a number because, for the months before this, there was no system and so they were still paying a bill. This is misleading to clients, so it would be better to just show them the breakdown after going solar; the rest is irrelevant.

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Maxime Fafard shared this idea  ·   ·  Report…  ·  Admin →
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  • Jim “Jeevan” Goff, Senior System Designer commented  ·   ·  Report

    The financial analysis shows the solar generation starting up in January 1st so the first year looks really bad with high average utility bills. This is not usually the actual case. We install mostly in Spring Summer and Fall.
    Please default the system to start in April or allow us to set the starting month for year 1.

  • AdminAnonymous (Admin, Enphase Energy ) commented  ·   ·  Report

    Nothing ever gets resolved in Solargraf!

    I want to be able to set the proposed installation date and have it impact the monthly breakdown chart.

    For example, on this project we installed it in June, yet it shows a start month of January: https://app.solargraf.com/projects/763025

    I don't like that it's normal in Solargraf for there to always be a higher bill(s) in Jan/feb of the first year because sometimes they're not the best months for production and most installs wont take place in January. It's misleading and confusing for the homeowner

  • Chris Tippet commented  ·   ·  Report

    Calculate the Utility Bill Offset based on the old utility bill / new utility bill.

  • Jeff Rocheleau commented  ·   ·  Report

    Calculate the Utility Bill Offset based on the old utility bill / new utility bill

  • Ryan Eng commented  ·   ·  Report

    When I create a proposal, and the electric coverage is 100%, the new monthly utility bill is not $0. I can see that this comes from the standard account fee from the utility, and it comes from an assumed installation on January 1, where the customer's utility bill will have a couple months of electric expense before credit can build up. Most of our customers install in the warmer months where they will not have the issue of underproduction in the winter months. Please make an option that the first couple months do not reflect on the "new utility bill" calculation, or at least that we can set the install date to the summer where there will be no issue of underproduction.

  • Marius Winger commented  ·   ·  Report

    Please make it possible to use interval data. Modelling storage without interval data becomes very inaccurate.