Utility playbook
Selling solar in SDG&E territory
SDG&E residential rates regularly rank among the highest nationally, with steep time-of-use peaks and the same Net Billing Tariff framework as SCE and PG&E.
San Diego reps win on bill pain that's already acute — lead with summer peak windows and battery-backed self-consumption, not generic savings.
- Parcels analyzed
- 98,823
- Solar permits
- 27,575
- Saturation
- 27.9%
SDG&E battery-first doors
SDG&E's rate stack makes storage attach the default close, not the exception — peak pricing hits exactly when families are home.
Battery-first doors: high usage, no existing solar, EV in driveway, or prior bill-shock story.
SDG&E NEM 3.0 survival guide
New SDG&E solar customers land on Net Billing — the export-credit pitch is dead on arrival with informed homeowners.
Name the rule change honestly, then show the storage math against today's SDG&E bill.
SDG&E export-credit math
Export compensation varies by TOU period; self-consumed kWh avoid the highest retail tiers.
On SDG&E turf, the winning worksheet is 'peak kWh avoided × peak rate,' not 'total production × old NEM credit.'