Solar Billing Plan / Net Billing Tariff
Export credits vary by hour, day type, month and customer vintage. A single flat export rate would be misleading.
Why import and export rules stay separate
California Solar Billing Plan customers use time-varying import rates; exact savings depend on when grid energy is consumed.
Self-consumed solar can avoid purchases at the applicable import tariff. Exported solar follows the utility's separate compensation program.
SDG&E solar export economics
SDG&E Solar Billing Plan export credits are derived from the CPUC Avoided Cost Calculator and vary by climate zone and every hour of the year, then aggregate by month/day type/hour. The exact result requires an hourly export profile and applicable 2026 pricing file.
Program: Solar Billing Plan / Net Billing Tariff · sources checked 2026-09-30.
Methodology & sources
- Annual production = system size × 1,685 kWh/kW planning benchmark.
- Installed cost = system size × entered $/W benchmark.
- Federal residential credit is not subtracted in 2026.
- Utility compensation is only calculated where the published program can be represented without inventing an hourly or tariff-specific value.
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Why SDG&E remains guarded
SDG&E export credits are based on CPUC avoided-cost values that vary by climate zone and hour. Because exact annual savings depends on the customer's hourly export profile, CalcuRiver does not collapse the 2026 schedule into one flat export rate.
Index policy: This city-specific page is indexable, while exact tariff savings remain guarded.
Official source: SDG&E solar / export pricing documentation · verified 2026-09-30.
Escondido × SDG&E methodology
Location input
Escondido uses 1,685 kWh/kW-year and 2.50 $/W planning assumptions.
Utility input
SDG&E model status: hourly climate zone export schedule required.
Electricity context
33.61¢/kWh California residential benchmark for 2026-07.
Index / precision policy
Guarded/indexable variant: policy context is shown, but the page does not claim an exact calculator result.
- PVWatts-based state planning benchmark · production benchmark
- State/regional installed-cost benchmark · Sep 2026 · cost benchmark
- EIA Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A · 2026-07 · state residential rate
- Escondido Gas & Electric (SDG&E) Solar Billing Plan · 2026-09-29 · utility tariff/program
- Escondido Gas & Electric (SDG&E) export pricing · 2026-09-29 · utility tariff/program
- SDG&E current solar/export program · 2026-09-30 · utility tariff/program
- Official electric service territory source · verified 2026-10-01 · city × utility mapping
Methodology: Solar utility model · CalcuRiver methodology.
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Why this solar estimate changes
Solar value is driven by local production, installed cost, the retail value of electricity you avoid buying, and the compensation you receive for exported energy. CalcuRiver does not assume export credits equal the retail rate unless that utility program is explicitly verified.
Core logic: self-used solar offsets retail purchases; exported solar is valued only under a verified export-compensation rule.
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