strider3700,
I know it's about a year later, but, just be careful about "monitoring" your usage. It's really easy to fall into an obsession. I know. I did. Just after I got my PV panels installed and got the net metering, and the time of use plan over the tier plan.
One thing I did learn, my A/C unit sucks! It literally sucks power. Everything else I have when it's turned on, will not draw power at 12 noon with a cloudless sky and the panels are producing. The A/C does. Aside from that, my biggest energy draw is the large screen plasma TV my ex-girlfriend left behind. But, OH BOY, what a picture!
I have to thank AC_Hacker for his insistance on a Kill-a-Watt meter in his heat pump manifesto thread. It will make things a lot easier to get a handle on once it arrives. It's about 20 bucks with shipping on Amazon. I'm thinking of ordering 3 of them, simply because I'm lazy and don't want to have to keep moving furniture and climbing the stairs.
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