The Utility Cost Exposure Report

Understanding the Financial Impact of Rising Energy Rates

Home connected to power lines with a distant power plant

STAY WITH SDGE

$385/mo

SDGE monthly bill$385
Annual rate increase20%
Identical home with rooftop solar panels, a home battery and sun

SWITCH TO SOLAR

$231/mo

Solar monthly payment$231
Fixed annual increase2.9%
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Your mortgage today

Home paid off in

30 yrs

Interest paid to the bank

$600,729

$450,000 · 6.75% · 30 yrs

Solar savings → your home

$154/mo extra toward principal

Home paid off in

25 yrs 10 mo

Years cut off

4 yrs 2 mo

Interest saved

$99,721

That assumes SDGE rates never rise. If you keep redirecting the growing gap between your SDGE bill and solar each year, your home could be paid off in 14 yrs 6 mo, saving $290,957 in interest.

No extra money from your paycheck, just what SDGE would have billed you.

What if the money you stop sending to SDGE could help you own your home 4 yrs 2 mo sooner?

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