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docs(export-budget): worked pv_origin example for grid charge, PV and load in the same period (#3973)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@@ -726,6 +726,12 @@ battery exports within such a rule. Set in `apps.yaml`:
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may be force exported. Every kWh that reaches the grid is PV, sent directly or stored first, and
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grid energy is only ever used on site. Use this where the rule is "only PV energy may be sold" and
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storing grid energy for your own use is allowed.
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For example (ignoring losses), the battery charges 5 kWh from the grid while PV makes 5 kWh and the
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house uses 5 kWh. The 5 kWh stored counts as PV and the house is deemed to have used the grid energy,
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so the battery may export those 5 kWh later. Over the whole period 5 kWh was imported and used on
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site, and the 5 kWh exported equals the PV produced. Had the battery charged 5 kWh from the grid at
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night with no PV, that energy would be grid part: it can run the house but is never force exported.
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- **pv_equivalent**: a credit bucket that all PV production fills (including PV the house uses) and
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every kWh exported drains. The battery may force export while the bucket has credit. Direct PV
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surplus export is never limited; it only uses up credit. `export_budget_cap_kwh` (default the

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