It stores cheaper power and runs the house when Edison charges more (about 4–9pm).
Edison’s virtual power plant: when thousands of home batteries are ready, Edison can borrow a slice on the worst evenings. Your house keeps backup.
For Southern California Edison customers. SGIP is the state’s Self-Generation Incentive Program. If this house is approved, the electric bill can drop by about half.
Why the bill keeps moving
Wildfires damaged the system that feeds this house. Lines failed. Neighborhoods lost power. Homes burned. After that the state did not leave the old wires in place.
Edison was mandated to harden the grid: replace and cover lines, move some underground, add shutoff systems, rebuild what the fires took. That work is already approved. Those costs are collected on the Edison bill.
If this house stays on full Edison supply, you keep paying that rebuild. Doing nothing does not pause the mandate. The next cycle still lands on this meter.
SGIP is the Self-Generation Incentive Program — state funding for home power and a battery at the house, so you are not buying every expensive kilowatt from Edison.
Everyone comes home at once. AC, ovens, TVs, chargers. The wires cannot always keep up. That is why flickers and shutoffs happen. That is why time-of-use exists: evenings cost more, overnight costs less.
It stores cheaper power and runs the house when Edison charges more (about 4–9pm).
Edison’s virtual power plant: when thousands of home batteries are ready, Edison can borrow a slice on the worst evenings. Your house keeps backup.
If selected / if approved, about half off is possible. Not every address.
If your home qualifies, state SGIP funding covers all of the upfront cost of your home battery. The check is free and only takes a minute. If your home is not approved, you owe nothing.
For Southern California Edison customers.
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