SAVING YOU MONEY

You own your home; it is time that you owned your electricity too. Why keep buying electricity from a monopoly
provider that can charge you whatever they want for electricity, when you can own your electricity for the next
30 years.

In California, most customers of the major utilities (PG&E, Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas and
Electric) can save money by going solar today. That’s right, not only will you be saving the environment, you will
be saving money.

Incentives for Solar

Cash Rebates
California has several programs that make Sol-Gen Solar Electric Systems a great option for anyone who owns a
home and has a clear south facing exposure.

First, California offers a cash rebate. Here are the rebates for the different utility companies:

Several municipal utility districts offer rebates to their customers. View them here

Federal Tax Credit
Additionally, there is a federal tax credit of $2,000 on the cost of the system after the rebate.

Net Metering - Credit from Utility Co.
California has a Net Metering Law that allows you to sell any extra electricity that you generate back to the
utility at the same rate that you buy it.

Financing
At Solar Depot, we offer a finance program that allows you to tap the equity in your home to pay for the system and
turn the one time payment back into an affordable monthly payment.

Please note: the actual cost of the installed system will depend upon the difficulty of the individual installation.

California has a tiered-rate structure for residential customers. The more electricity you use, the higher your rates get. That means that the higher your bills are now, the more you will save by installing a cost effective Sol-Gen System from Solar Depot.

Depending on your goal, Solar Depot can design a system to do one of two things:

1. Zero-out your electricity bill.

2. Eliminate your most expensive electricity cost to substantially reduce your bill.


The rates for electricity from Pacific Gas and Electric, Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas and Electric are listed below:

Rate Inflation

If you think that rates are high now, just wait a few years. Over the last 30 years, rates for residential customers in
California have increased at an average of 6% per year. The data in the chart below from the California Public Utilities Commission shows average electric rates in California over the last 35 years.

You buy insurance against fire, theft and flood. What insurance do you have against rising electric rates? With solar,
you have some insurance against the political unrest and resource depletion risk that plague energy markets.

When investing in solar, you are buying an asset (like a stock or a bond) that will provide you income (electricity) over a
long period of time. Unlike a stock or a bond, solar has little risk and the pre-tax return on investment ranges from 10-20%.