[SGVLUG] Off-topic - solar power - city of pasadena

[Jeremy Leader]

on 03/09/2007 11:24 AM Emerson, Tom (*IC)  wrote:
>> -----Original Message----- Of Robert Leyva
>> The city of Pasadena has a URL about their policy on home 
>> solar grid intertie systems and how to go about it.
>>
>> http://www.ci.pasadena.ca.us/waterandpower/program_solar.asp
> 
> In the "it always pays to read the fine print" section, I noticed a
> brief paragraph entitled "Interconnection" that states:  
> 
>      "... National Electric Code (NEC) standards may prohibit operation
> of the customer's system when PWP power is interrupted."
> 
> So, I take it that if there is a power failure in the middle of a hot
> sunny day ('cause too many A/C units are online), your solar system
> would shut down too...

I suspect that just means that when PWP goes down, you're probably not allowed 
to send power from your system out into the (otherwise dead) grid.  So you can 
keep your power on, you just can't try to power the whole neighborhood.

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Jeremy Leader
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