Riverside Public Utilities pays you the “Avoided Cost” (wholesale) rate for your solar energy, but charges you full retail to buy it back. Stop the cycle. Store your power and keep the savings.
Valid for RPU & SCE customers.
If you live in the City of Riverside, you have Riverside Public Utilities (RPU), not Southern California Edison. This means you aren’t subject to state-mandated NEM 3.0 rules.
However, RPU has its own rule called the Self-Generation Program. Under this plan, RPU credits you for excess solar at their ‘Avoided Cost’ rate.
If you send power to RPU, you lose money. You need to keep it.
Riverside summers are brutal. When everyone turns on their AC at 5:00 PM, RPU’s Time-of-Use (TOU) rates hit their peak price.
Your solar panels stop producing right when you need them most (sunset). Without a battery, you are forced to buy expensive grid power all evening.
A battery stores your cheap midday solar power and deploys it automatically from 4 PM to 9 PM. You run your AC on sunshine, even after dark.
In addition to the 30% Federal Tax Credit, RPU offers cash rebates for efficiency upgrades that pair perfectly with solar:
Get cash back for upgrading your old AC unit (essential for solar efficiency).
Save money by upgrading to a variable-speed pool pump.
RPU offers incentives for planting trees to lower your cooling load.
RPU is generally reliable, but extreme heat strains the transformers. A Solar + Battery system acts as your personal backup generator. If the neighborhood transformer blows, your house stays powered.
