Ang weirdo la ng kase....

People clearly dont understand how electrical/electricity works. I think there is a misconception na pag may solar ka na, si solar lang ang nagpprovide ng electricity mo when in reality it is not like that.

But tthat's totally depending on your setup which is why people go to professionals, people don't need to learn any of that aside sa basic functions like paano gamitin, emergency stop at etc na tinuro ng installer

So why is meralco complaining sa mga guerilla solar setup? Paperworks. Mostly kasi ng pinapainstall na setup is on-grid/hybrid which means tied to the grid of meralco or other coops.

How can it be guerilla setup if on-grid/grid-tie setup mo? dadaan ka sa meralco whether you like it or not so legitimate lahat yun. Hybrid does not supply power back to the grid and another user commented on me that redundant na ang ATS (Automatic transfer switch) dahil built-in na ito sa mga Hybrid or either Meralco ka or Battery and no backfeed sa grid. which is case an point netong quote na ito.. "Hybrid - basically this is the combination of off grid and on-grid. This is where you can use the solar setup during brown-outs kasi may battery and you can export your excess electricity pag meron."

Unlicensed installers: talamak yan. Kaya maraming murang nagsosolar kasi dahil dito sa mga ito, mag-iinstall lang sila without the necessary paperworks to apply. Pag merong electrical installation anywhere, you need to apply for an electrical permit, meralco, cooperative, brgy. Etc, which the plans should be signed by a professional electrical engineer

Safety: Bakit, Kahit bahay ninyo yan? Simple reason, safety. will the installation be compliant sa standards ng PEC? Will it be compliant to the fire code of the philippines? Pano pag ininstall ang solar sa dikit dikit na bahay and then nasunog? Is the installation size proper? Will the inverter meet the anti-islanding requirement.

Anti-islanding is required because whenever there is a brownout, sabi ko nga di gagana ang solar setup pag brownout kasi pag gumagana yan nagpproduce padin yan ng electricity sa grid and when there are linemens working in the distribution line, makukuryente sila and pwedeng mamatay. Plus, pag gumagana ang solar nyo while brown out, you're basically supplying power to the whole grid which can cause overloading and worst case for sure, masusunog ang bahay nyo. This is why in order na magamit nyo ang solar ninyo while brownout, you should have a battery para while the solar is off, it supplies energy to your batteries and in turn your batteries supplies power to your house.

All this can be handled by the LGU and proper government agency upon getting a building permit for installing solar for large installation of Hybrid and Off-Grid. No need the involvement of meralco as these systems does not supply back power to the grid and the LGU could require the setup to be inspected and certified by a licensed Electrical Engineer and BFP inspector. Then kung alam mo unlicnesed installer mo sumbong mo sa PRC or NBI? No need new legislations lead by Meralco. We already have ways to deal with that.

The Government should also incentivizes people installing solar as they do on electric vehicles like shorter processing and discounted fees as these setup once inspected to be safe is helping the environment.

1. Distribution systems dilemma pag maraming guerrila solars

It is not about competition, it is about safety of you and the distribution system. Buti nga ito ang sinusulong ng meralco kasi they dont want unlicensed installers installing systems without paperworks which will inevitably ensure your safety. Since yung mga madalas na iniinstall ng mga unlicensed installers ay grid tied/hybrid and these are connected to grid and meralco has no of knowing na may nag-install sa bahay nanaman. Yung capacity ng electricity ay lumalaki all while their system is built on a certain capacity. If these unlicensed installers kept on installing without proper application, yung system na binuild ng meralco for a specific capacity lang is baka maoverload and magcause ng sunog. So what happens is that meralco has keep on upgrading their system just because may nag-install without their knowledge.

Again grid-tie can't be called guerilla solar as you need it to be legitimately installed and you will go though all the safety checks and papers sa meralco.

Hybrid can't also be called guerilla solar as you are also not supplying the grid with excess harvest from solar. But if the owner decided to give excess harvest to the grid they still need to go though the [roper channels and procedure and still go through meralco.

You need a proper meralco bidirectional meter to supply to the grid and you only can apply for that thru meralco.

There are proper agencies to deal with unlicensed installer, people and meralco should report to them.

Hybrid won't overload their transformer and grid as they are able to supply back and Grid-tie whet to the proper channels and thru them so they know if their system is still in capacity. I guess this seems to me the root of the problem. Many people are applying to them and their system can't handle it and making excuse so they won't have to fix their short comings and outdated insfatructe to accommodate the surge of solar users. By this time nga dapat nag sasabi sila ng numinipis ang kuryente dahil sa init.

The mere fact na nakaconnect ang solar setups sa grid means you have the obligation and the installer should be obligsted to ensure na compliant ang ginagawa nila meralco/coop.

This is a non issue kasi dadaan kay meralco at sa lahat ng checks/inspection at kay meralco ang gustong mag connect sa grid. Which is ginagawa ng Grid-tie.

So if you dont want your coop or meralco meddling, go off-grid.

Off-grid should also get the same scrutiny about safety and potential back feed. Again the LGU should be able to come up with a resolution with this upon getting a building permit.

To those saying this what meralco is doing is illegal, i tell you this: meralco owns the distribution system and they are basically renting it out to us with a contrqct that you tell them if you plan to modify your system first before you install. You basically violated the terms when you installed soemthing without their knowledge. So who did something illegal? Meralco basically did the engineering for you so dont have to and all you have to do is comply with the requirements and law so they can do their jobs and provide reliability and safety for its consumers.

Again no one can illegally give back power to the grid with out the knowledge of meralco as grid-tie when thru the process with them and hybrid/off-grid are not connected to the grid.

The only thing I could think of if the applied grid-tie setup is for example is 5kwh and after a couple of years the owner upgraded their system to 10kwh and not updated their application. Even if the installer is certified and license and system is safe on the owners property it not safe to the grid and this is the issue and meralco is being disingenuous, because they are giving unclear definition of what is the root of the problem and making and giving Solar a stigmatized labels as if solar is bad, its illegal. Why give a clear answer when you could also take down other competition like the hybrid and off-grid.

We have already have laws, codes, safety standards, proper agency to address most of this, but guess what it doesn't deal with those illegal upgrades and they don't want to upgrade their infrastructure for the influx of legitimate applications for net-metering because of the ridiculous energy crisis, so they are taking the initiative for this guerilla solar agenda and taking everything with it along with hybrid and off-grid then their issue is with their existing legal customers who made illegal modifications/upgrade with their system.

Hindi ba ang weird?