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Equipment Information
So once you're finalizing the design of the system, you know that the
customer is installing a system that's under 10KW; you determine that you're going
to be using the short form that we referred to or the single page application. You're ready
to proceed in putting your packet together. The next step, as you can see here, would be
to get the equipment information from this EPBB calculator that you may have or
you can go directly to this website that we've given to you on prior slides to get the
equipment rating. So you see on describing your installation, this is the area where
you're going to be capturing the corresponding equipment, number of modules, inverters, and
the corresponding rating to give us the system size. You'll put this application together
with a single-line diagram, that's specific to this installation. So you'll have the drawing
capturing the same information that you'll be capturing on the application. This also
matches a single-line diagram and this is where this single-line diagram cover page
is critical for those of us that may not be familiar with reading a single-line diagram,
you'll use this completed by the individual putting single-line diagram together, so that
you can review the information that is captured on the single-line diagram, and compare with
what you're going to be answering on the application. Again, this cover sheet that I'm pointing
to here is not required, this is a template that we developed and will soon be available
on our website that we did make available and that was on materials and the invites,
and something that you can immediately start using. Incorporate it with your business process
so that the individual putting the drawing together, fills it out for the next person
that's going to be filling out the application. So this will help you, I don't even have to
look at the electrical drawing; this will help you in comparing what equipment is being
shown on the diagram, with the equipment that I'm actually going to show on this application
very important. I'd also like to highlight another area for these applications to be returned
is AC nameplate block and installed matrix capacity. These are some of the areas that cause some
confusion and some areas that return these applications. So let's go through, first, AC nameplate
block. So you'll see that this application gives you a formula. We ask that you enter the number
of modules that you're installing. You're going to multiply that times the corresponding PTC
rating of that module, multiply it times the inverter efficiency rating and then divide
it by 1,000. And that's going to give you your CEC-AC-KW. Show the complete calculation.
That's very important because this is the point of validation that we're going to use
during this process. So, on this process, when you're completing it, so you can either
get this from the EPBB calculator or, if you don't have an EPBB calculator, you're just
tasked with completing the application, you'll see, as we highlighted here for you,
on the EPBB website, that we provided you with, if I look up the PV module, you'll see
that it gives me the corresponding PTC rating. If I look up the corresponding inverter, manufacturer,
model number, it then gives me the corresponding inverter efficiency rating. So it's very easy,
I can just go this website, pull up the information that I need, and then you're going to make that
corresponding calculation. Once you get the calculated value, you'll then plug that calculated
value into the corresponding field right above it. So if there's a 5.5 KW solar system, I
will then plug in 5.5 in the solar box, and then 5.5 in my total box. Very important,
This installed name rate capacity corresponds to the calculated value right below it. It
is not the DC rating that we sometimes get or the nameplate rating of the inverter.
So, it's very important, use the top line to capture your calculated value right below
it and also show your complete calculation; very important. Calculation must be shown
on this section for it to be used as validation. Next row, you'll see that it's asking for you
to capture the manufacturer of the inverter. The manufacturer, enter the manufacturer name
exactly as you would see it on this EPBB calculator or on the EPBB calculator that you've completed
if you're also working on the rebate documents. The inverter model number would
be the corresponding model number that is shown on this website or again, on the calculator.
And to the point we were making earlier about incomplete component information, if
for example, you were to enter the inverter manufacturer and enter the model number, I
enter ES 2200, that's going to be incomplete information. It's not going to permit me to
verify which inverter you're actually installing in there. So it'll be sent back for correction
and what you'll need to capture is the complete model number as you actually see it on the
EPBB calculator because this is the model number that is actually approved by the California
Energy Commission. So it's very important. Enter the manufacturer, the model number, exactly
as you see it approved on the EPBB calculator. And then the estimated monthly kilowatt hour
production, we also give you a formula there; use the formula, the corresponding system
rating so that you can show us the calculated information. So again, highlighting here several
areas of calculating your system size, the newly created single-line diagram cover page
if you can, is not a required document, we created this for your use and internal value
of the document, so that it can assist you with assuring you that before you submit this package
to us for our review, you've confirmed that the information on the diagram, matches the
information on the application without me then having to interpret the electrical drawing,
I can just look at this sheet and compare the information. It's very important and all
of these documents are available on our website at SCE.com/NEM.