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California · starting with San Diego · SDG&E & San Diego Community Power

Which rate plan is actually cheapest for your house?

SDG&E has four residential plans and three ways to buy generation. The gap between the best and worst choice can run past $2,000 a year — and it depends entirely on when you use power, not how much. This compares all twelve combinations against your home. Free, no signup, and your data never leaves this browser.

The price of a day

TOU-DR1 · summer weekday · what one kWh costs, hour by hour
Super off-peak
Off-peak
On-peak (4–9pm)
Your home

Roughly: west of I-5 is coastal, I-15 corridor is inland, east county is mountain or desert.

8,000

kWh per year. A typical San Diego home runs 6,000–9,000. Check the estimate below against your bill and adjust.

Solar
none
Battery
none
Electric vehicles

Other
Right now

It's printed on your SDG&E bill in the electricity charges detail. Still on the old tiered DR plan (no time-of-use)? Pick "Not sure" — tiered plans aren't modeled yet.

Most San Diego addresses were switched to San Diego Community Power automatically. Your bill lists it under Generation.

All twelve combinations
PlanGeneration Per year Per month vs. yours
What to change est. annual value