bkp_duke
Well-Known Member
Sorry, but that really doesn't make a lot of sense to me. If you were 99% self-sufficient. Then why would an SDG&E rate change impact you?
Things in life change, we have kids and one is a teenager. Will probably add a 3rd EV soon as well.
Plus, and I'm from not far from you originally so I have some experience with electric companies in the Southeast. SDG&E is not like the utilities down where you are. You get your bill there and pay it and don't think too much of it. Here, SDG&E is HATED. I mean hated on a level I have not frequently seen. Case in point - they raised everyone's gas rates on Jan 1 by 3.5X. People barely getting by, in the coldest and wettest month of the year here, were getting $500-700 gas bills. They have since backed down, and blamed it on "market forces", but they are greedy and have a monopoly.
So, some of it is life changes, expected higher power utilization (so that 16kw solar may not fully meet our needs). Some of it is simply seeing an opportunity to stick it to a company that I'm forced to continue to do business with (gov sponsored monopoly).