u/nimabears

Hj all,

I live in Sacramento CA and my energy company is locally owned SMUD.

I have recently been reached out to by a solar company about incentives that SMUD is offering.

It seems for 2 Tesla power wall batteries it's going to be:

29k for 2 batteries

-8700 from 'participate' (I guess they get the fed credit by buying the batteries and "leasing" them to me the first 5 years?)

-10,000 smud rebate (5000 per battery) 2 weeks after purchase

Bringing the cost to 10,300 out of pocket, plus I could do the "SMUD Energizer program" where they send me a $220 check every quarter to have access to my battery during blackouts.

I'm not enough of an expert on this stuff to know if this cost makes sense. It seems like a pretty good incentive from SMUD. Can anyone chime in? Thanks in advance

EDIT: Some more details. Smud uses the "time of day" thing where energy is more expensive at peak hours. They buy back my energy at 0.096. The summer peak rate is 0.3765, mid peak is 0.2139, off peak is 0.155

These items are VERY large. You'll need a large truck to take them. Located in 95829

Hi all

I just planted this mikasa Yatsubusa about a month ago. It is only getting morning sun where it is. I planted it before it had any leaves so all these leaves grew after planting. I am in zone 9b. It has been raining more than normal recently so I was thinking that could be it. Has anyone dealt with this issue with the same tree?