Solar + storage in
Elk Grove, CA.
While Elk Grove homeowners receive their gas from PG&E, their electricity is supplied entirely by SMUD. This means your home completely bypasses PG&E’s restrictive solar rules. Continuum custom-engineers every local system to align perfectly with SMUD’s specific solar rates, maximizing your financial return from day one.
peak sun hours/day in Elk Grove
avg. monthly PG&E bill
NEM 3.0 – storage essential
assessment for Elk Grove homeowners
What Elk Grove homeowners need to know.
Elk Grove homes operate under a unique utility mix, receiving their gas from PG&E but their electricity entirely from SMUD. Because your solar installation interacts strictly with the electric grid, you are governed by SMUD’s unique solar billing structures rather than PG&E’s restrictive net metering rules. Continuum designs every local system to align perfectly with SMUD’s rates, ensuring your panels and battery storage are custom-tuned to deliver maximum electrical savings.
Sun & production
Elk Grove delivers an impressive 5.8 peak sun hours per day, giving your solar system strong year-round production. The sunny Central Valley climate means your panels generate maximum power exactly when your home’s electricity demand and utility rates are at their highest.
Your utility & rates
Elk Grove homeowners are served by SMUD and fall under the utility’s specific solar billing rules. With average local electricity bills ranging from $150 to $250 per month and peak summer rates climbing over $0.33 per kilowatt-hour, the financial case for a custom solar and battery storage system in Elk Grove has never been stronger.
Local energy landscape
Under SMUD rules, the utility pays just over $0.07 per kilowatt-hour for the solar energy you export, but they charge you up to $0.33 per kilowatt-hour to buy power back during peak summer evenings. Every Elk Grove solar installation Continuum designs includes storage to keep your energy in your home, allowing you to deploy it when grid electricity is four times more expensive.
NEM 3.0 applies here: As a SMUD customer, your new solar installation falls under the utility’s specific Solar and Storage Rate structure. Smart battery storage is the ultimate key to maximizing your financial return, and Continuum designs every Elk Grove system with integrated storage from the ground up.
Local expertise. No shortcuts.
Continuum is not a national franchise treating Elk Grove as a distant market. We are a dedicated Northern California solar company, and the Elk Grove community is right in our backyard. This deep regional focus brings distinct advantages to your solar installation.
Local advantage 01
PG&E and SMUD expertise
Parts of Elk Grove are served by PG&E, and parts by SMUD. The two utilities have different rate structures, different net metering programs, and different interconnection requirements. Continuum installs in both territories and will confirm your utility provider and explain exactly how it affects your solar economics before we do anything else.
Local advantage 02
Elk Grove's growing energy demand
As one of the fastest-growing cities in Northern California, Elk Grove is seeing home energy demands surge due to larger modern properties, increased electric vehicle charging, and heavy summer air conditioning use. Continuum sizes every system around your actual household loads instead of a generic regional average, ensuring your solar production perfectly matches your real energy needs.
The Continuum difference: With thousands of successful Northern California solar installations to our name, Continuum understands the exact energy challenges facing the Elk Grove community. Our team handles every detail of local building codes and the SMUD approval pipeline, leveraging our regional knowledge to deliver a faster, smoother, and more efficient installation.
From your first call to full power. our process.
Every Continuum installation in Elk Grove follows the same rigorous process. One team, start to finish. No dropped handoffs, no surprises.
We serve the entire city of Elk Grove and beyond.
Continuum installs solar and battery storage systems throughout the communities surrounding Sacramento. If you’re a neighbor, we serve you too:
Continuum covers 13 Northern California counties, from Redding and Sacramento to the Sierra Foothills and Napa. Explore our whole service area.