Grass Valley

Why Is Your PG&E Bill So High?

PG&E rates have risen over 92% since 2017 — nearly doubled. Grass Valley homeowners are watching their electric bills climb every year. Find out exactly what you're paying for, and what you can do about it.

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FREE · NO PRESSURE · BUILT FOR EL DORADO COUNTY HOMEOWNERS

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Free No-Obligation Audit
Results in 24 Hours
CA Licensed · HIS #164591 SP
$0.30
Avg PG&E residential
rate per kWh
92%
PG&E rate increase
since 2017
24hr
Mark personally reviews
your audit
$0
Down payment to
go solar

Real Neighbors · Real Savings

What El Dorado County
Homeowners Are Saying

Mark O'Connor with Keri Coleman — El Dorado Hills solar customer
★★★★★

"Mark came to our door and within 24 hours showed us exactly what we would save. Now we pay the same every month — no more PG&E surprises."

Keri C. · El Dorado Hills · April 2026
★★★★★

"Having two backup batteries has been a game changer. I know exactly what I'll pay each month — no more surprise PG&E bills. The peace of mind alone is worth it."

Jenessa J. · El Dorado Hills
★★★★★

"During a recent outage I was the only one on my block with power. Mark set me up with a full system and battery that offsets my entire PG&E bill. That says everything."

Dee H. · Placerville

Simple 3-Step Process

How It Works

Upload your bill once. Your numbers within 24 hours. Your call what comes next.

1

Drop Your Bill

Upload a PDF or photo of your PG&E bill. AI reads it instantly. No account required.

2

Get Your Audit

Within 24 hours Mark personally reviews your usage and builds your complete 25-year savings comparison.

3

See Your Savings

Mark walks you through the numbers and gives you the full picture so you can make the right decision.

Mark O'Connor — El Dorado Energy Solar Consultant
Mark O'Connor
El Dorado Energy · Independent Energy Consultant

Local solar advisor helping El Dorado County homeowners dramatically lower their PG&E bills. 22 years in technology and solutions consulting — now applying that expertise to help my neighbors make smarter energy decisions. I'm already working with families on your street. Let me show you what they're saving.

📞 916-757-2291 mark@lowermypge.com

CA Licensed · HIS #164591 SP · Serving EDH, Cameron Park, El Dorado County

What Is PG&E Actually
Charging You For?

Most homeowners have no idea what half their bill means. Here's the truth.

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Wildfire Hardening Charge

PG&E paid billions in wildfire settlement costs and passed those liability charges to ratepayers. This line item adds approximately $12–15 to your bill every month — regardless of your area's fire risk.

~$12–15/mo · Passed through CPUC approval
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Power Charge Indifference (PCIA)

PG&E signed long-term energy contracts on your behalf. When you switched to Pioneer CCA, they kept charging you for those contracts anyway.

You pay for energy you don't use
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Tier 1 vs Tier 2 — The Baseline Trap

PG&E gives you a small monthly baseline at ~$0.38/kWh. Every kWh above that is Tier 2 at ~$0.47/kWh. EDH homes with A/C, pools and EVs exceed Tier 1 almost year-round.

Solar eliminates Tier 2 entirely
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Electric Delivery Charges

PG&E's fee for moving electricity through their poles and wires to your home. Up over 92% since 2017 with more increases planned every year.

Solar dramatically reduces this charge
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Pioneer Community Energy

El Dorado County's locally-owned non-profit electricity provider. They lowered generation rates 10% in 2025 — one of the few good things on your bill.

Solar eliminates most Pioneer charges

The Bottom Line

PG&E has raised rates over 92% since 2017 — nearly doubled — and plans to keep raising them. Every year you wait, the gap between what you pay PG&E and what you could pay with solar grows wider.

What backs every audit

Three things no other solar rep
in El Dorado County can say.

Point 01

Your numbers.
Not averages.

Your audit is built from your actual PG&E bill, validated NREL sun-hour data for your exact address, and a LIDAR scan of your roof before any contract. Fire setbacks and permitting are engineered into every design. Specific to your address. Engineered to your roof.

Point 02

It’s in the contract.

A solid contract guarantees your system produces at least 90% of what the audit promises. If it falls short, you should be paid the difference. In cash. Every year. For 25 years. That’s not marketing language — it’s a contract clause to insist on.

Point 03

Cancel any time
before install.

California law gives solar customers 5 days to cancel after signing. Look for a contract that extends that right all the way to installation day — you should walk away owing nothing, including any engineering or permitting done on your behalf.

“This isn’t a solar pitch. It’s a choice between electricity providers. My job is to show you the math and tell you honestly whether your house is a fit. If it isn’t, I’ll say so.”

— Mark O’Connor  ·  El Dorado Energy

There’s a real deadline this time

July 4, 2026.
The one I didn’t invent.

Solar reps have shouted “act now, incentives ending!” for a decade. This time it’s actually true — and I didn’t make it up. Congress did.

The OBBBA, signed July 4, 2025, killed the 30% homeowner tax credit on December 31, 2025. The commercial credit keeping today’s PPA rates low is next: projects must begin construction by July 4, 2026 — or be placed in service by December 31, 2027.

Smaller installers are already running out of safe-harbored inventory. Larger national installers locked in credits for subscribers through 2027 — which is why they can still quote today’s rates. After July 4, 2026, new-customer pricing reflects the tightening market.

What this means
for your house.

If you’ve been thinking about going solar, the window for locking in today’s PPA rates is measured in weeks, not years. I’m not saying this to pressure you — I’m saying it because my job is to tell you the math, and the math changes on July 4.

Upload your bill. Get a free audit in 24 hours. If the numbers don’t work for your house, I’ll tell you. If they do, you still have every off-ramp in your contract — cancel any time before installation, $0 owed.

But if you want in, we should start the engineering work soon. LIDAR, design, permitting — all of it takes time.

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Free Private Tool · No Sales Pitch

Already Have Solar?
Find Out Exactly What You Signed.

If you already bought or leased a solar system — from anyone — you may not be getting what was promised. Most homeowners never read their own contract. Most don't know if their system is underperforming. Most don't know they have a right to get paid back when it is. This free private tool reads your contract and your PG&E true-up bill and surfaces exactly what's in them — your rate, your rights, and anything the installer owes you.

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Contract Summary

Your rate, escalator, and term length translated out of legalese. You'll know exactly what you signed.

02

Production Check

Promised kWh vs. actual, side-by-side. If you're short on production, you may be owed money.

03

Exit Options

Can you cancel? Sell with the contract? What does it cost? Every option with real numbers.

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★ Most Important

Action Recommendations

A ranked list of exactly what to do, who to call, and when — with the real phone numbers and deadlines.

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Mark O’Connor · El Dorado Energy · Independent Energy Consultant

Local solar advisor helping El Dorado County homeowners dramatically lower their PG&E bills. 22 years in technology and solutions consulting.

📞 916-757-2291  ·  mark@lowermypge.com

CA Licensed · HIS #164591 SP · Serving EDH, Cameron Park, El Dorado County

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