{"id":76688,"date":"2023-07-12T10:52:43","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T00:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=76688"},"modified":"2023-07-17T14:35:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T04:05:58","slug":"redundant-solar-consumption-meter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/redundant-solar-consumption-meter\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Solar Analytics Just Kill The Solar Consumption Meter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76889\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/redundant-smart-meter.jpg\" alt=\"solar edge smart meter\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/redundant-smart-meter.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/redundant-smart-meter-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/redundant-smart-meter-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/redundant-smart-meter-768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Last week, monitoring software company Solar Analytics announced they can monitor solar consumption in homes without a consumption meter.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The announcement is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-analytics-integrated-plus\/\">here<\/a>, and it is a genius move. But to explain why, I need to go back to basics&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>If you buy a rooftop system from any decent solar installer, it comes with solar generation monitoring<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/redundant-solar-consumption-meter\/#en-76688-1' id='enref-76688-1' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(76688)'>1<\/a><\/sup>. But basic solar monitoring only shows you the output of your solar panels.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_76716\" style=\"width: 581px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76716\" class=\"wp-image-76716 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sungrow-solar-app.jpg\" alt=\"Sungrow's iSolarCloud app showing solar only\" width=\"571\" height=\"701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sungrow-solar-app.jpg 589w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sungrow-solar-app-244x300.jpg 244w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-76716\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Solar generation on Sungrow&#8217;s app<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Prior to Solar Analytics&#8217; announcement, to measure anything other than solar, you needed an additional device in your switchboard &#8211; a consumption monitor.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_77014\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-77014\" class=\"size-full wp-image-77014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/switchboard-with-sungrow-consumption-meter-1.jpg\" alt=\"switchboard with sungrow power monitor\" width=\"900\" height=\"907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/switchboard-with-sungrow-consumption-meter-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/switchboard-with-sungrow-consumption-meter-1-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/switchboard-with-sungrow-consumption-meter-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/switchboard-with-sungrow-consumption-meter-1-768x774.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/switchboard-with-sungrow-consumption-meter-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-77014\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A single-phase Sungrow smart meter and its breaker in the switchboard. It monitors power to and from the grid.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The consumption monitor reports the power flow to and from the grid. It sends this data to your inverter, so the inverter&#8217;s monitoring app can provide you with all the information you need to understand not just your generation, but your consumption:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When exporting to the grid: The <em>difference<\/em> between how much power your solar is producing and how much power is flowing <em>to<\/em> the grid is how much solar is being consumed in the house.<\/li>\n<li>When importing from the grid: The <em>sum<\/em> of how much power your solar is producing and how much power is flowing <em>from<\/em> the grid is how much solar is being consumed in the house.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here&#8217;s Sungrow&#8217;s app reporting consumption and generation:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_76717\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76717\" class=\"wp-image-76717 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sungrow-pv-load-app.jpg\" alt=\"Sungrow's iSolarCloud app showing solar and house energy consumption.\" width=\"625\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sungrow-pv-load-app.jpg 591w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sungrow-pv-load-app-300x293.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-76717\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">With a consumption monitor, the Sungrow app can show you the home energy consumption (yellow) overlaid with the solar (orange). Why the hell didn&#8217;t they make solar yellow?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The inverter manufacturer usually supplies the consumption meter, typically costing $200 for a single-phase home and $400 for a 3-phase home, plus installation.<\/p>\n<p>Adding a hardware consumption meter typically adds at least $500 to your solar system price, much more if your switchboard needs upgrading to fit the meter.<\/p>\n<h2>But Everyone Already Has A Big-Ass Consumption Meter In Their Home&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">One thing that has always frustrated me is that every Australian building with a grid connection already has a calibrated, reliable, revenue-grade consumption meter: your retail electricity meter:<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_76719\" style=\"width: 494px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76719\" class=\"wp-image-76719 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/retail-meter.jpg\" alt=\"a retail meter\" width=\"484\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/retail-meter.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/retail-meter-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/retail-meter-786x1024.jpg 786w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/retail-meter-768x1000.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 484px) 100vw, 484px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-76719\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Your electricity meter already measures your consumption.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And almost all solar homes have a retail meter with a secure communications link built in &#8211; the infamous &#8216;smart meter&#8217;, plaything of many conspiracy theorists.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that this meter can&#8217;t talk to your solar inverter is crazy. But one thing has changed that. And that thing is called the &#8216;Consumer Data Right&#8217;.<\/p>\n<h2>Consumer Data Right To The Rescue<\/h2>\n<p>The Consumer Data Right (CDR) is a government initiative allowing you to access your retail electricity meter data.<\/p>\n<p>Solar Analytics realised if they combine the data in the retail meter (which is simply how much energy you&#8217;ve either sent to or taken from the grid every 15 minutes.) and mush it together with your inverter&#8217;s solar generation data, they can give you consumption monitoring through software &#8211; no extra hardware required. They call it &#8220;Solar Analytics Integrated+&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h2>How &#8216;Solar Analytics Integrated+&#8217; Works<\/h2>\n<p>The Solar Analytics server talks to both your solar inverter and your retail electricity meter &#8211; it synchronises the timestamps and subtracts the grid export data from the solar generation data to show you the power flow in your home.<\/p>\n<p>The one big drawback: it&#8217;s not real-time.<\/p>\n<p>The way CDR works is you can only ask for your meter data once daily. That means this meter-free consumption monitoring is always 24 hours behind. You can only see yesterday&#8217;s data, so you can&#8217;t use it to adjust your behaviour in real time. For example, it can&#8217;t answer the question: &#8220;Is there enough excess solar to use the car charger right now?&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>You can only use Solar Analytics Integrated+ to make decisions in retrospect. But that&#8217;s still pretty handy.<\/p>\n<p>For example, you can answer the following questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What electricity plan will be cheaper for my unique consumption?<\/li>\n<li>Will a battery be worth it based on my current consumption patterns and grid electricity pricing?<\/li>\n<li>How can I change my consumption to maximise solar self-consumption?<\/li>\n<li>How can I change my consumption to avoid peak tariffs?<\/li>\n<li>Do I need more solar?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The other thing to realise is that Solar Analytics Integrated+ will be more expensive over the long term than hardware consumption monitoring from the inverter manufacturer.<\/p>\n<p>On a single-phase house, you may save $500 in consumption meter installation and hardware by choosing Solar Analytics Integrated+. That will buy you a ten-year Solar Analytics subscription<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/redundant-solar-consumption-meter\/#en-76688-2' id='enref-76688-2' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(76688)'>2<\/a><\/sup>. So after 10 years \u00a0you&#8217;ll be ahead with the hardware<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/redundant-solar-consumption-meter\/#en-76688-3' id='enref-76688-3' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(76688)'>3<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>But you may be thinking of subscribing to Solar Analytics anyway (in fact, I highly recommend it<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/redundant-solar-consumption-meter\/#en-76688-4' id='enref-76688-4' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(76688)'>4<\/a><\/sup>). In which case, you need to decide if saving $500 is worth it to be without real-time data. The decision is easier for 3-phase homes who can save closer to $1000 on hardware and installation.<\/p>\n<h2>My Recommendation<\/h2>\n<h3>If You Are Buying Solar Only<\/h3>\n<p>I think \u00a0&#8211; for most Aussie homes &#8211; investing in a solar power system without a hardware consumption monitor is short-sighted. If you want to understand your power flows &#8211; nothing beats seeing the power flow in real time. And if you understand your power flows, you&#8217;ll have lower bills.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>If You Are Buying Solar + Battery<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>If you are buying a battery with your solar &#8211; then you are getting a consumption meter anyway &#8211; the battery requires it. You can use your inverter manufacturer&#8217;s app to monitor your solar, battery and consumption.<\/p>\n<p>If you want the extra features of Solar Analytics and have a compatible inverter<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/redundant-solar-consumption-meter\/#en-76688-5' id='enref-76688-5' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(76688)'>5<\/a><\/sup>, you can connect Solar Analytics via the cloud. If you have a non-compatible inverter brand, you must install a Wattwatchers device to drive Solar Analytics.<\/p>\n<h3>If you are Buying a solar power system in SA or QLD with Dynamic Exports<\/h3>\n<p>Dynamic exports (also called Flexible Exports) gives you a variable 1.5kW-10kW export limit.<\/p>\n<p>If you are buying solar in SA, you must enroll in Dynamic Exports if it&#8217;s available in your postcode.<\/p>\n<p>If you are buying solar in QLD, you can choose to avail yourself of Dynamic Exports.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll need a hardware consumption monitor in either state to make Dynamic Exports work. So my advice is to choose a Solar Analytics-compatible inverter. If you don&#8217;t dig the built-in real-time monitoring, you can upgrade to Solar Analytics at any time without any extra hardware.<\/p>\n<h3>If You Have An Existing Solar System.<\/h3>\n<p>If you want the extra features of Solar Analytics for your existing solar, Integrated+ is a great way to add Solar Analytics with zero hardware cost.<\/p>\n<p>You can even sign up for the 30-day free trial, and see 3 months of historic insights, including solar system performance (0-100%), the cheapest electricity tariff based on your consumption and exports, and potential battery payback, then cancel before you pay a thing.<\/p>\n<h2>Using Your Retailer&#8217;s Portal To Look At Your Retail Smart Meter Data<\/h2>\n<p>The good news: most retailers now let you see your smart meter data through their billing portal.<\/p>\n<p>The bad news: It&#8217;s basic.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s look at AGL&#8217;s Portal &#8211; one of the best retailer portals I&#8217;ve seen.<\/p>\n<p>AGL show grid usage and solar exports at a resolution down to one hour. This example is from a house with a solar and battery and is a good example of how much detail you lose when you don&#8217;t combine the import and export data with the inverter&#8217;s solar (and, in this case, battery) data.<\/p>\n<p>For most of the day, the portal shows zero usage &#8211; because all the internal consumption is &#8216;behind the meter&#8217;; the home&#8217;s energy is all supplied by the solar and battery.<\/p>\n<p>The home only starts drawing grid power at 9 pm, when the battery runs out.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76883\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/agl-portal.jpg\" alt=\"agl portal\" width=\"2418\" height=\"2400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/agl-portal.jpg 2418w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/agl-portal-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/agl-portal-1024x1016.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/agl-portal-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/agl-portal-768x762.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/agl-portal-1536x1525.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/agl-portal-2048x2033.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/agl-portal-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2418px) 100vw, 2418px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>AGL&#8217;s Solar Status Feature<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>AGL&#8217;s portal also has a &#8216;Solar Status&#8217; feature. It looks at the yellow bars above and gives you a traffic light status for your rooftop solar&#8217;s health:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-76884\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/agl-solar-status.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/agl-solar-status.jpg 1138w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/agl-solar-status-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/agl-solar-status-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/agl-solar-status-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/agl-solar-status-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/agl-solar-status-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s pretty useless, though. And that&#8217;s because AGL can only see solar exports at the meter &#8211; not total solar generation. So although AGL thinks my system is working great, for the same solar system Solar Analytics is reporting &#8216;mild underperformance&#8217; at 75%.<\/p>\n<p>Your portal can likely assist you in understanding your grid usage and exports, depending on your electricity retailer, but it lacks the analysis features of a product like Solar Analytics. And AGL is never gonna alert you if another retailer has a cheaper plan!<\/p>\n<h2><strong>DIY Retail Meter Data Analysis<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Finally, if you have a retail smart meter, you can get 12 months of free meter data without Solar Analytics. This data will tell you how much energy you used every 15 minutes for the previous 12 months. That&#8217;s handy because it covers all the seasons.<\/p>\n<p>You can download or request the data from your Distributed Network Service Provider &#8211; not your energy retailer &#8211; and <a href=\"https:\/\/support.solarquotes.com.au\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360001312176-How-to-access-your-smart-meter-data-\">I show how get your smart meter data for every DNSP in Australia here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When you get your data, it should be in a CSV file. If you load it into a spreadsheet, it will look like this:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76885\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/nem12-data.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/nem12-data.png 2000w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/nem12-data-300x184.png 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/nem12-data-1024x627.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/nem12-data-768x470.png 768w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/nem12-data-1536x940.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Not very useful.<\/p>\n<p>My favourite, free tool to analyse the data is <a href=\"http:\/\/meterkloud.azurewebsites.net\/MeterView\">MeterKloud<\/a>. Drag your CSV file into the tool, instantly giving you many insights:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76886\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/hourly-graph-meterkloud.png\" alt=\"hourly average consumption graph\" width=\"2316\" height=\"890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/hourly-graph-meterkloud.png 2316w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/hourly-graph-meterkloud-300x115.png 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/hourly-graph-meterkloud-1024x394.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/hourly-graph-meterkloud-768x295.png 768w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/hourly-graph-meterkloud-1536x590.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/hourly-graph-meterkloud-2048x787.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2316px) 100vw, 2316px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My favourite graph\u00a0for solar owners is this one &#8211; which breaks down your seasonal and weekend\/weekday consumption:<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76887\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/seasonal-consumption.png\" alt=\"seasonal consumption\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/seasonal-consumption.png 2400w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/seasonal-consumption-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/seasonal-consumption-1024x531.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/seasonal-consumption-768x398.png 768w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/seasonal-consumption-1536x796.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/seasonal-consumption-2048x1062.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Summing Up<\/h2>\n<p>So, Solar Analytics has cooked up a way to track your solar power usage without an extra device in the switchboard. It&#8217;s pretty cool because they&#8217;re just using data from your existing electricity meter and solar inverter, mashing it together, and boom \u2013 you get to see how much energy you&#8217;re using and where it&#8217;s coming from. You also get alerted if your solar is underperforming, if it&#8217;s time for a battery, and which retailer will give you the lowest bill.<\/p>\n<p>But, it&#8217;s not all rainbows and sunshine. The downside is that it&#8217;s not real-time. You can only check yesterday&#8217;s data, not what&#8217;s happening right now. Plus, it could cost more in the long run than traditional hardware monitoring.<\/p>\n<p>Is it worth it? Depends on what you need. If you need to see your power usage in real time, you&#8217;re better off with a hardware monitor.<\/p>\n<p>If you just want a one-off analysis &#8211; then DIY it with your DNSP&#8217;s meter data and the amazing MeterKloud tool.<\/p>\n<p>But if you&#8217;re looking to understand your solar usage better, without having to install extra kit, and you have a compatible inverter, then at the very least, it&#8217;s gotta be worth checking out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solaranalytics.com.au\/getting-started#Trial-form\">free 30-day trial<\/a> &#8211; you can always cancel it on day 29.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, monitoring software company Solar Analytics announced they can monitor solar consumption in homes without a consumption meter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":76889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-inverters","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Did Solar Analytics Just Kill The Solar Consumption Meter?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover how Solar Analytics monitors home solar consumption without extra hardware. 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