Lower your SDG&E bill

Every way to lower an SDG&E bill in North County, in one place, each from the official numbers on its own page. Pick your fix: check what fits your home and those jump to the top. Every option stays on the list.

• Move the timers to super off-peak · 9.4¢ a kWh less than off-peak this winter, 17.8¢ less than 4-9pm
  Dishwasher, laundry and pool pump after midnight, or 10am to 2pm on weekdays.
• Know what changes November 1 · 4-9pm gets cheaper, every other hour costs more on TOU-DR1
  The winter prices, and a calculator for your use.
• Use today's cheapest hours · Rebuilt every morning
  The day's cheapest SDG&E hours and what solar sells for.
• Switch to CEA's Clean Impact plan · about $13.74 a month at average use, $165 a year
  Only 845 of 256,877 customers use it. A few-minute online form; switch back any time.
• CARE or FERA discount · up to 35% off the bill if your household qualifies
  A 30-second income check, then the application.
• One-time bill help or a shutoff notice (LIHEAP) · $313 to $492 for one person in San Diego County; crisis help up to $1,500
  Plus free weatherization. Call Campesinos Unidos or MAAC.
• Behind on the bill? Debt forgiveness · up to $8,000 forgiven after 12 on-time payments (CARE and FERA customers)
  SDG&E's Arrearage Management Payment Plan, with no disconnection while you're in it.
• Medical Baseline · a discount when someone relies on medical equipment, plus shutoff help
  A form your doctor signs.
• Replace the space heater with a mini-split · about half the electricity for the same heat ($0.80 vs $0.40 an hour off-peak)
  Running costs, the EPA install rule, and what to check before buying one online.
• Charge on EV-TOU-5 · 12.3¢ a kWh overnight this winter vs 43.7¢ on TOU-DR1
  Which plan wins for your driving.
• Plug-in balcony solar · power without a roof of your own
  What California allows for plug-in solar.
• Go grid-light · solar for the day, a battery for 4-9pm, a heat pump for comfort
  How the pieces fit, and the federal credits that ended.
• File an outage claim · SDG&E pays when it was at fault
  When it pays, why shutoffs usually don't, how to file.
• Summer: what an hour of AC costs · pre-cooling before 4pm cuts the AC bill
  Dollars an hour by unit, and the pre-cooling saving.

One sitting at your kitchen table (or your parent's). PJ logs into My Account with you, checks your rate plan, switches your Clean Energy Alliance plan if that saves, fills in CARE, FERA or Medical Baseline if you qualify, sets the appliance timers, and does the mini-split homework if you heat with a space heater. He handles the logins and forms; the decisions stay yours. Text PJ

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