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October 30, 2023
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Do shareholders now own the sunshine? My usage had actually gone up after Solar Panels?

  • October 30, 2023
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Since the installation of solar panels my electricity usage has gone up 12 fold. During that time, if all is working correctly, I have also used the 700 KWs generated by my solar panels which means my actual usage has gone up far more than 12 fold. Is it possible that the energy generated by my solar panels is adding to my meter readings, in othervwords benefitting the electric company rather than me? Might they have been wired incorrectly? 

Best answer by LordHarry

This was posted in another thread a while back:

Honeywell Elster AS300P (SMETS1)
To get an export reading from this smart meter:

  1. Press and hold the grey middle button until the main menu loads up
  2. ‘General’ should appear on-screen – press and hold the middle button again to select this option
  3. ‘Time & Date’ should be visible – now scroll with the bottom button until you see ‘TOU Registers’
  4. Press and hold the middle button once more will hovering over ‘TOU Registers’ and you should now see ‘Cum. Exp.’ with a value underneath it.

If it reads zero then your export is definitely being ‘seen’ as consumption.

This is not a matter for the solar installer though as it is Scottish Power’s meter that is not doing what it needs to do. The cause may be that, as I understand it, the smart meter has to be correctly set up to measure export as well as consumption – as the solar panels were installed after the smart meter then this may not be the case with yours.

If you export value is zero then tell Scottish Power that they need to pull their finger out and reset your meter.

 

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Sand1R0seAuthor
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November 1, 2023

I have followed the above instructions and under TOU Registers can only see 

Imp RI

22280.0 Kwh

There is no Cum. Exp.

Sand1R0seAuthor
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November 1, 2023

Can't seem to reply anymore...

Blastoise186
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November 1, 2023

Having trouble with the forum?

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Sand1R0seAuthor
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November 1, 2023

Want to comment on what happened when I followed the above instructions to access TOU Registers on my meter but this message not being sent.

Sand1R0seAuthor
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November 1, 2023

No Cum. Exp only Imp RI

Blastoise186
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November 1, 2023

Did you get an error message of some kind?

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Sand1R0seAuthor
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November 1, 2023

OK telling me my post has been submitted but only published after a review by moderators. I first sent a message this morning but it has not appeared.

Sand1R0seAuthor
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November 1, 2023

The message regarding my Meter still not appearing. I'll try later. 

Blastoise186
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November 1, 2023

Got it. Bear with us as your comment probably got snarled up in a spam filter.

I’ll ask the Forum Moderators to release it - this may take a little time but they’ll catch up.

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Sand1R0seAuthor
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November 1, 2023

Thank you.