Solar + storage in
Sacramento, CA.
Sacramento residents pay some of the highest power prices in the country. Continuum creates battery and solar systems that lower your payment and safeguard your home against blackouts, regardless of whether you’re using SMUD or PG&E.
peak sun hours/day in Sacramento
avg. monthly PG&E and SMUD bill
Net Billing Tariff – storage essential
assessment for Sacramento homeowners
What Sacramento homeowners need to know.
Sacramento is located at an unusual intersection, with PG&E serving some areas of the city and SMUD (Sacramento Municipal Utility District) serving others. Which utility services your home has a major impact on the economics of your solar energy. In both locations, Continuum will install and verify your utility before any system design.
Sun & production
Sacramento has more than 260 sunny days each year due to its Central Valley climate, making it one of the state’s top producers of solar energy.
Your utility & rates
PG&E territory in Sacramento County is subject to NEM 3.0, making battery storage essential. SMUD customers benefit from a separate, currently more favorable net metering program.
Local energy landscape
PG&E clients in Sacramento experience comparable average rates of about 31¢/kWh and the same peak-hour rate hike of $0. 45-$0. 55/kWh. that makes battery storage so financially attractive.
NEM 3.0 applies here: Your new solar system is subject to California’s Net Billing Tariff if you are a customer of PG&E and SMUD. Continuum designs every Sacramento system from the ground up with storage, which is essential for maximizing your savings.
Local expertise. No shortcuts.
Continuum isn’t a national company treating Sacramento as a distant market. We’re a Northern California solar company and Sacramento County is our backyard. Here’s what that means for your installation:
Local advantage 01
PG&E and SMUD expertise
We install in various utility areas and are familiar with the interconnection needs, incentive programs, and pricing structures for all. We will inform you precisely which utility provides service to your address and its implications for your solar economics prior to designing anything.
Local advantage 02
Central Valley system design
Sacramento’s hot summers mean your AC runs hard precisely when grid power is most expensive. We size every system to offset your peak summer loads, not just your annual average.
The Continuum difference: We have set up thousands of solar power systems throughout Northern California. We understand Sacramento County’s permit rules, the interconnection procedures of PG&E and SMUD, and the unique energy issues that homeowners in Sacramento encounter. That local expertise results in quicker setups and more efficiently designed systems.
From your first call to full power. our process.
Every Continuum installation in Sacramento follows the same rigorous process. One team, start to finish. No dropped handoffs, no surprises.
We cover all of Sacramento County 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.