The First Step House of North County is staffed and managed by a group of volunteers committed to providing food and short-term housing to alcoholics, including indigent and low-income, as they make a new beginning in sobriety. Learn more about First Step House of North County at: https://fshnc.org/

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1. Sign on to “My Account”
2. Mouse over the “My Energy” tab and select “My Energy Overview” from the drop-down list.
3. In the dropdown list next to “View” select “My Energy Use”
4. You’ll have the option to view daily or monthly charts.  For the purpose of going solar, select monthly.
5. A bar graph will appear.  You can hover over the bar graph or click on the green “T” just above the right-hand side of the chart to view a list of your monthly kWh consumption.  You’ll also find printer and file icons if you’d like to save the information.

Another option for reviewing your energy history is accessing your “Green Button Data.” This data is critical for modeling time of use rates or incorporating energy storage.  Follow the previous steps 1-3, then:

1. Click on Green Button Data icon.
2. Select your electric meter and date range for the past year.
3. Click on “Export.”
4. Once the report is generated, click on link to “download.”
5. You now have an XML file you could forward to a solar installer for review, or you could analyze the data here: “Center for Sustainable Energy”

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