Powerwall settings, plan by plan
The right Powerwall strategy depends entirely on your rate plan — arbitrage on a wide TOU spread, keep-full on a flat rate, peak-shaving under a demand charge. These guides are built from real tariff data and the honest math SolDial runs for its users every day.
Best Powerwall settings for PG&E EV2-APG&E EV2-A has a 61¢ peak and a 32¢ overnight rate.
Best Powerwall settings for SCE TOU-D-PRIMESCE TOU-D-PRIME: 56¢ peak vs 31¢ off-peak.
Best Powerwall settings for SDG&E EV-TOU-5 on NEM 3.0SDG&E EV-TOU-5 spans 74¢ peak to 14¢ super-off-peak — a 60¢ spread.
Powerwall settings for LADWP R-1B, honestlyLADWP's R-1B time-of-use rate has a thin winter spread — and a battery strategy that changes with the season.
Powerwall on APS’s demand-charge TOU: a different gameOn APS's 4–7 PM demand-charge rate, the Powerwall's job isn't energy arbitrage — it's clipping your demand peak.
Powerwall on ComEd Hourly PricingComEd's hourly pricing changes every hour — sometimes negative overnight, sometimes spiking at dinner.
Powerwall on FPL’s flat rate: the honest answer is backupOn Florida Power & Light's flat ~12¢ rate with 1:1 net metering, cycling a Powerwall earns nothing.
Powerwall in Hawaii’s no-export worldAt 45¢/kWh with zero export credit, Hawaii is the purest self-consumption game in America.
Powerwall on Duke RETC: win the CPP daysDuke's RETC time-of-use rate hides its real money in Critical Peak Pricing events.
Powerwall settings for BGE time-of-useBGE's TOU rate swings from 4.4¢ overnight to 12.9¢ at peak.
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