Electricity Usage Monitor | Knowing your electricity usage

Electricity usage monitoring is a facet of solar installations that most fascinates home owners. Now it is possible to know what each panel is producing, and where the electricity is being utilized – all this in real time. The home owner can also look at weekly, monthly and yearly electricity usage and alter patterns to maximize benefits. Detailed monitoring also provides the basis for rebating customers for kilowatt hours produced or actually paying a set fee per kWh (feed-in tariff) for the life of a system.

The Sunpower Smart Pac includes a user-friendly monitoring system. Clary Solar also partners with EcoDog, which uses sensors to provide energy use data room-by-room.