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export reading and rates

Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2026 5:06 pm
by davidwf15
After a month in use I am soon to start getting paid for exporting yippee :D :D ....I have already given away over 500kWh for free :cry:
I would like to reset / zero the total export / total revenue to grid figure so as to start again....can this be done and if so how?
Also, I cant seem to enter the FIT of 12p /kWh with Octopus....am I missing something ?

Thanks

Re: export reading and rates

Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2026 7:02 pm
by MaterialBarracuda48
Congrats on getting your export MPAN, shame about the 500kWh :shock:

I don't think you can reset anything yourself, and I would personally recommend you create a spreadsheet to track import/export values. Reason being, if in the future the 12p export becomes 6p for example, the system is too dumb to apply the change on dd/mm/yyyy... so it applies it to every single kWh exported.

Re: export reading and rates

Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2026 7:13 pm
by davidwf15
Oh dont worry..... there will be plenty of spreadsheets 🤣🤣🤣

Re: export reading and rates

Posted: Sat May 02, 2026 9:47 am
by davidwf15
another question.... on the dashboard, although I see a total revenue generated amount it says no tariff.....
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and I cant see anywhere to amend it apart from in here settings
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is this correct?... I am on Octopus @12p / kWh

Re: export reading and rates

Posted: Sat May 02, 2026 10:24 am
by MaterialBarracuda48
I have mine set at 0 :D so that it doesn't show to me some random value for Total Revenue that is bogus.

Will does have a good selection of videos on his channel for many subjects

Re: export reading and rates

Posted: Sat May 02, 2026 11:13 am
by davidwf15
thanks...now sorted

@MaterialBarracuda48: ...... deleting the existing tariff did in fact clear out all the entries as desired :D

Re: export reading and rates

Posted: Sat May 02, 2026 12:15 pm
by MaterialBarracuda48
Perfect

Re: export reading and rates

Posted: Sat May 02, 2026 12:36 pm
by davidwf15
Finally got the solar FIT sorted.....during the summer months - potentially March to October and beyond - the system should give us totally free electric day and, with the battery being charged up during the day, free night electric saving at least £130 of grid draw and produce at least £60** a month FIT.... with a £10k initial outlay it should give a payback period of 5 years and then produce £2k a year income saving year on year ......wow

So far - and its only been in for the month of April - we have produced 1.03 MWh, self used 511 kWh, exported 508 kWh and used around 96kWh at 6p /kWh (£5) from the grid overnight for my sons' EV ....if every house did that and of course it was sunny every day we wouldnt need a grid at all !!!

** should be higher, that was Aprils' figure which we didnt get paid as they hadnt set it up yet 😠

pretty impressive so far........its nice having the option to do the washing / dishwasher / tumble dryer / cooking any time of day without really thinking about it, so far the battery has remained above 20% charge altough obviously in winter it probably wont charge fully during the day.....but we can top it up overnight at 6p /kWh which, once that orange idiot has finished bombing the middle east will hopefully come back down to 5p or less