Feature request: Enlighten needs battery % full alerts for NEM 3.0
TL;DR: California's NEM 3.0 makes exporting solar uneconomical, but the Enlighten app has no alert for when batteries are nearly full. A simple, configurable battery SOC alert (e.g., 90–95%) would help customers shift excess solar to EV charging or other loads instead of exporting it. Small software change, big customer value.
NEM 3.0 customers are financially incentivized to avoid exporting solar once batteries are full, yet the Enlighten app provides no simple signal when that happens.
My setup: three Enphase 5P batteries, 17 solar panels, Self‑Consumption mode, plus a 2025 Ioniq 5 that I intentionally charge on Level 1 (120V) so EV charging can absorb excess solar. This works well—but only if I know when the batteries are nearly full.
What’s missing is a user‑configurable battery state‑of‑charge alert (for example, 90–95%). That single feature would let customers start EV charging or other discretionary loads at the right time instead of constantly checking the app or exporting energy at low NEM 3.0 rates.
This isn’t a niche request—it’s a core NEM 3.0 workflow. Without alerts, users are forced to babysit the app or add third‑party automation just to solve a basic visibility problem. For example I use Google Home and don’t want to migrate to the Home Assistant platform just for this. This should be native to Enlighten.
A native SOC alert would improve self-consumption, increase customer satisfaction, and deliver real financial value under modern rate structures. Small software change, big customer impact.
Tagging u/EnphaseEnergy and Enphase product folks for visibility—this would be a meaningful quality‑of‑life improvement for NEM 3.0 customers.