{"id":913,"date":"2020-10-29T16:52:48","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T16:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solartechonline.com\/5-years-ago\/"},"modified":"2025-04-15T16:32:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T16:32:53","slug":"5-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solartechonline.com\/blog\/5-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Years Ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Solar Arrays &#8211; 5 Years Ago<\/h2>\n<h5><strong>Did you know power rates 5 years ago were different than they are today?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Power rates were on average about $0.04 to $0.08 cents per kilowatt hour less expensive than rates today. Naturally rates have gone up over time.\u00a0 Power five years ago were much less expensive leading to solar arrays that only offset about 80% of power consumption. The solar arrays were sized to only 80% in an effort to keep customers in Tier 1 rates.\u00a0 They would offset the cost of the higher rated power, keeping them in Tier 1.\u00a0 Today, rates are much more expensive, you must pay attention to when you are using power, aware of Time-of-Use rates (TOU) and On-Peak Power times.\u00a0 With these new rate structures, you are vulnerable to charges and higher rates. You can see price surges jump about $0.15 to $0.24 cents per kilowatt hour depending on the tier you are in and where you live. Power consumption in higher rate tiers can get expensive very quickly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/solartechonline.com\/blog\/sdge-rate-increase\/\">Read our Time of Use Case Study to learn more.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to a SDG&amp;E rate hike request report by ABC 10 News San Diego, they state in 2020, rates are expected to increase by 6.9%, 5.1% in 2021 and 4.9% in 2022. According to the rate hike requests we will see more increases.\u00a0 What do the rate hikes mean to you? A solar array sized to 80% five years ago will now see rates up to 28% higher than when the system was installed.<\/p>\n<p>Solar Arrays installed years ago are not able to keep up with today\u2019s power consuming customers.\u00a0 Today homeowners and business owners are powering more than they ever have. Solar arrays need to be able to power more electronics and rechargeable products than ever before.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/solartechonline.com\/free-solar-quote\/\">Request a FREE Solar Quote<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 |\u00a0 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/solartechonline.com\/system-service\/\">Need Service or Repair?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Re-Chargeable Products (Just a Few):<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Full Electric Vehicle \u2013 Nissan Leaf (2010) \/ Tesla (2012)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Full Electric Harley Davidson &#8211; LiveWire (2019)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">GPS on Cell Phone (2008)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Computers \u2013 faster\/bigger\/more screens = more power<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Air Buds (2016)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Cameras \u2013 widely available = more power<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">iPad (2010)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Ring Doorbell (2012)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">VR Oculus from FB (2012)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Electric Vehicles (EV\u2019s) are a newer trend that impact your power consumption.\u00a0<\/strong> EV\u2019s are becoming more mainstream throughout today\u2019s society with more fully electric cars and truck options coming to market daily. With these products come more power consumption.\u00a0 SolarTech is here to help you with your power needs.\u00a0 We can install a new solar array or *add to an existing array. \u00a0We understand what adding a new electric vehicle will do to your electric bill.\u00a0 Our solar analysists can help you understand where you are today with your power consumption and help explain what the differences will be when your adding an electric vehicle to your home or business.\u00a0 SolarTech can install a new solar array and charging station at your home or business.\u00a0 Give us a call and let a solar analyst help answer any questions you may have. 619-743-9193<\/p>\n<p><strong>Need Service or Repair?<\/strong> Give us a call 619-743-9193 or <a href=\"https:\/\/solartechonline.com\/system-service\/\">click here to learn more.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>*Some existing solar arrays may not be able to have panels added. A solar technician will be able to help you determine what options you have with your solar electric system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>References:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/webarchive.sdge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/820535334\/FINAL_S1410002_RateDesignWindow.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/webarchive.sdge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/820535334\/FINAL_S1410002_RateDesignWindow.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/solartechonline.com\/blog\/sdge-rate-increase\/\">https:\/\/solartechonline.com\/blog\/sdge-rate-increase\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sdge.com\/residential\/pricing-plans\/about-our-pricing-plans\/standard-rate-plan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.sdge.com\/residential\/pricing-plans\/about-our-pricing-plans\/standard-rate-plan<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarmaxtech.com\/blog\/p.190208000\/the-cost-of-charging-an-electric-car-at-home-grid-solar-gas-compared\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.solarmaxtech.com\/blog\/p.190208000\/the-cost-of-charging-an-electric-car-at-home-grid-solar-gas-compared\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.10news.com\/news\/san-diego-gas-and-electric-requests-major-rate-hike\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.10news.com\/news\/san-diego-gas-and-electric-requests-major-rate-hike<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edmunds.com\/fuel-economy\/the-true-cost-of-powering-an-electric-car.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.edmunds.com\/fuel-economy\/the-true-cost-of-powering-an-electric-car.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solar Arrays &#8211; 5 Years Ago Did you know power rates 5 years ago were different than they are today? Power rates were on average about $0.04 to $0.08 cents per kilowatt hour less expensive than rates today. Naturally rates have gone up over time.\u00a0 Power five years ago were much less expensive leading to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[35,32,18,15,17,23,19,27],"class_list":["post-913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-energy","tag-residential-solar","tag-san-diego-solar","tag-solar-energy","tag-solar-innovation","tag-solar-installation","tag-solar-panels","tag-solar-power","tag-sunpower"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/solartechonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/solartechonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/solartechonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solartechonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solartechonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/solartechonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solartechonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/solartechonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solartechonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solartechonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}