Solar Panel Quote Comparison Sheet
The system size, panels, inverter and battery each installer offers.
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Meter reading, tariff, solar, EV charging, heating fuel and utility contract templates for working out what your home energy actually costs.
Templates for keeping track of home energy and utilities: meter readings that calculate usage between dates, tariff and contract comparisons, solar and EV charging logs, and heating fuel calculators. Every calculator applies the rates and figures you enter from your own bills and contracts. No tariff rates, allowances, conversion factors or advice are supplied.
34 resources · every one as a printable and fillable PDF in A4 and US Letter, and online · 25 with an Excel workbook.
The system size, panels, inverter and battery each installer offers.
Each installer's heat loss figure and how it was worked out.
The heating, hot water and fuel use you have now.
Each scheme, the measure it covers and the installer doing the work.
The measured flow of every tap and shower in litres a minute.
Price, delivery, installation and removal for each model.
Every room checked at windows, doors, floors, pipes, sockets and ceilings.
Each fitting by room, with its cap type and bulb shape.
Every measure from the assessment, grouped in stages.
The kWh used between one reading and the next.
Meter units used between readings, for metric or imperial meters.
Every tariff you are considering, with its rates, exit fee and contract length.
The usage cost and standing charge for each month, side by side.
Each appliance by room with its rated power in watts.
Generated and exported kWh between readings.
Morning and evening state of charge day by day.
Daily charged, discharged and exported kWh.
Litres used between gauge readings, allowing for deliveries.
How many days each cylinder or tank fill lasted.
Every top-up with its date, amount and where it was made.
The bill in dispute, the amount charged and the amount you think is right.
Every broadband, TV, landline and mobile contract in the house.
Every water meter reading with its date.
The readings on the bill against your own on the same dates.
Every monthly direct debit paid.
Day and night register readings with their dates.
The on and off periods for each room on weekdays and at weekends.
Each measure tried and the date it started.
Electricity and gas kWh for every day of the month.
Electricity used by the heat pump between readings.
Bags delivered and bags left in store at each check.
The allowances on each plan and when the cycle resets.
When each fault happened and what kind it was.
What was done, where in the house and when.
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