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For clarity, for residential customers, CFE supplies and changes the meter from "regular" to the solar bidirectional one. The solar provider creates the CFE solar application for the client to sign and can submit it to CFE. Following this, the client goes to CFE to sign the solar contracts, and this step drives the CFE account re-registration as solar and the meter change. CFE does not "charge" for the new meter, apart from a "deposit" they put on the first post-solar billing of about 500 pesos. (really an admin fee, as it is not refundable like a true deposit would be). But being a monopoly, they can call it whatever they want..... 😉

This can all be done together as a package, meter / service combining, name / account change, and solar application process and typically we can get it all done in far less than 2 months, let alone 6, as long as you have valid proof of ownership. CFE slows down a bit during the holidays and New Year but not by THAT much! 🙂

Other options: 1 - be sure the house aljibe (if it has one) is topped up 2 - put a small tinaco on the roof and tie it into the house piping, a lot of homes do this as a backup to their pressure system "just in case". Gravity fed water is a lot nicer than moving it by the bucket. :-)

A busy night at Stonehenge this weekend past, as the staff work all night to move the stones back 1 hour!

Ask for a breakdown of the cost of the components, and the labour. And get 1 or 2 other quotes for comparable or for the regular filter type setup instead of the auto backwash ones. Then you can best decide.

Happy Halloween! 👻

@Natasha The news about the 2 people who tragically lost their lives hadn't yet been published, or at least was not widely known, when the other info was shared. The key point from our contacts was that their expectations from a direct hit from a CAT 4 storm were going to be far, far worse than what they were (relatively) relieved to be seeing after the storm had just passed.

Reports indicate the coastal areas around Tepic were the point of landfall; contacts in the area just shared this good "after action report" and images: "Things have calmed down, a few palapas were sacrificed to the ocean...but all things considered it wasn't what we feared".

This great annual event returns this year, and for those who haven't heard....the "new again" head of the CCC Dining Operations is Hector España of Manix. Should be great evento, and people can choose to "play and dine" (1500 pesos) or "dine only" (400 pesos) Here's the info and contact #:

Agree strongly, and at STI Solar Technology, we encourage our clients not to oversize their systems; we size them to get to the lowest CFE rate step in tarifa 01. Bills of about 150 pesos, vs 53 or 54 as the absolute minimum. And pay $1000 to $2000 US less, upfront, on a typical home installation. Doing this is the most cost effective way to go, otherwise people are spending much more than needed upfront, for little to no benefit. We also make sure the system is easily and cost effectively upgradeable, should the need come up down the road. That's a true win-win for the client, save now, and save later.

While it has been "quiet" for a long time, we have seen a big uptick and a lot of construction activity and multiple solar projects going on in Brisas this past year, including nice new and renovated homes and properties of real estate agents. Seems very positive.

It is computed as the average of the most recent 6 billing periods (12 months) of kWh consumption, that determines being "DAC'd" or not. So it could actually change from one bill to the next, back and forth, >>> though in reality that is not common.

Talk to Jena: https://www.clickerpets.com.mx/

Virtually all Tier 1 brand panels have 25 year production / performance warranties to deliver 80 to 85% of the original level of power at the 25 year mark. What the OP mentions is a fairly typical grid tied setup; with these, the CFE solar meter is bi-directional and records values for both "use" and "sent". Both appear on the bills, and the user pays only the "net" difference (or has a 12 month rolling kWh credit, if production is higher than use). Maintenance - panel cleaning several times per year in the dry season is recommended, plus an inexpensive PM check of the system each couple of years, to check and adjust as needed, the support structure, roof connections, panel mounts, wiring harnesses, ties, and connections, and the inverter condition and performance (and inside cleaning, if a central / string inverter).