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Plain answers on California solar and batteries.
Guides
What does NEM 3.0 mean for solar in California?
What changed in how solar homes are credited, and why batteries matter more now.
Why does power cost the most from 4 to 9 p.m.?
The peak hours at PG&E, SCE and SDG&E, and what a battery does about them.
Does solar work when the power goes out?
Why panels shut off with the grid, and why California cuts power on purpose.
How much have California electric rates gone up?
Twenty years of rate data, and how California compares.
How do I check a solar offer before I sign?
What to read, what to ask, and what no one can promise you.
Answers for your utility.
Peak hours, shutoffs and solar rules are a little different at each utility. We are not affiliated with any of them.