{"id":13004,"date":"2026-10-09T08:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T08:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextgpower.com\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T08:11:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T08:11:06","slug":"how-many-watts-to-run-a-california-house-average-use-peaks-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextgpower.com\/pl\/how-many-watts-to-run-a-california-house-average-use-peaks-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"How Many Watts to Run a California House: Average Use, Peaks &#038; Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13004\" class=\"elementor elementor-13004\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7237330 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7237330\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ac21b1b\" data-id=\"ac21b1b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d53822 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2d53822\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nextgpower.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/california-home-watts-by-room-infographic.jpeg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nextgpower.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/california-home-watts-by-room-infographic.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/nextgpower.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/california-home-watts-by-room-infographic-300x164.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/nextgpower.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/california-home-watts-by-room-infographic-768x419.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/nextgpower.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/california-home-watts-by-room-infographic-18x10.jpeg 18w, https:\/\/nextgpower.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/california-home-watts-by-room-infographic-600x328.jpeg 600w\" width=\"1024\" height=\"559\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-13006 lazyload\" alt=\"Infographic showing daily kWh use by room in a typical California home\"  sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/nextgpower.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/california-home-watts-by-room-infographic.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-13006\" alt=\"Infographic showing daily kWh use by room in a typical California home\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nextgpower.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/california-home-watts-by-room-infographic.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/nextgpower.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/california-home-watts-by-room-infographic-300x164.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/nextgpower.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/california-home-watts-by-room-infographic-768x419.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/nextgpower.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/california-home-watts-by-room-infographic-18x10.jpeg 18w, https:\/\/nextgpower.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/california-home-watts-by-room-infographic-600x328.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-45c6cdd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"45c6cdd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-51ee6f4\" data-id=\"51ee6f4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-090bf46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"090bf46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin: 16px 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span class=\"\">Your neighbor&#8217;s house might hum along at 500 watts. Yours might spike past 25,000. Both are &#8220;normal&#8221; for California \u2014 and that gap is exactly why this question has no single answer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin: 16px 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span class=\"\">Here&#8217;s what most people miss: the number that matters isn&#8217;t your average. It&#8217;s your peak. That&#8217;s what determines whether your panel trips, your generator stalls, or your battery covers you through a Public Safety Power Shutoff.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin: 16px 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span class=\"\">Let&#8217;s break it down.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 22px; line-height: 32px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; margin: 32px 0px 16px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span class=\"\">The Short Answer<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin: 16px 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span class=\"\">The average California home draws about <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">690 watts continuously<\/span><span class=\"\"> \u2014 roughly 16.5 kWh per day. Nationally, the average is about 1,180 watts. We use less power here, but we pay roughly twice as much per kWh. NextG Power have full solutions for your solar storage applications.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin: 16px 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span class=\"\">Two definitions before we go further:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin: 16px 0px; padding-left: 18px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">A watt<\/span><span class=\"\"> measures power at one instant \u2014 the rate of flow.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 6px;\">\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">A kWh<\/span><span class=\"\"> measures energy over time \u2014 1,000 watts running for one hour.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin: 16px 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span class=\"\">Your utility bills you in kWh. Your battery and generator are limited by both. A refrigerator might run at 150 watts but demand 1,200 watts for a second when the compressor starts. That startup spike \u2014 surge watts \u2014 is what breaks undersized backup systems.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 22px; line-height: 32px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; margin: 32px 0px 16px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span class=\"\">Why California Uses Less Power Than Most States<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin: 16px 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span class=\"\">Fuel choice, mostly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin: 16px 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span class=\"\">According to the EIA&#8217;s 2020 Residential Energy Consumption Survey, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">64% of California homes heat with natural gas<\/span><span class=\"\">, and only 20% use electricity. Space heating accounts for just 4% of a typical California home&#8217;s electricity use.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin: 16px 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span class=\"\">Strip out gas heat, gas water heating, and coastal mildness, and the remaining electric load is modest. That&#8217;s why California averages 503 kWh per month against 863 kWh nationally.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 22px; line-height: 32px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; margin: 32px 0px 16px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span class=\"\">Average Watts by Utility Territory<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin: 16px 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span class=\"\">Where you live changes the math.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ds-scroll-area ds-scroll-area--show-on-focus-within ds-scroll-area--enabled _1210dd7 c03cafe9\" style=\"--dsl-scroll-area-gutters-disappear-delay: 1s; z-index: 0; position: relative; overflow: auto; scrollbar-width: none; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); --container-height: 274px;\">\n<div class=\"ds-scroll-area__gutters\" style=\"--dsl-scroll-area-scrollbar-bg: #e5e5e5; --dsl-scroll-area-scrollbar-hover: #d4d4d4; pointer-events: none; z-index: 1000; transition: opacity 0.1s ease-out 1s; --container-height: 274px; position: sticky; top: 0px; left: 0px; right: 0px; width: 752px; height: 0px; opacity: 1 !important;\">\n<div class=\"ds-scroll-area__horizontal-gutter\" style=\"position: absolute; left: 0px; right: 0px; top: 260px; height: 8px;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ds-scroll-area__vertical-gutter\" style=\"position: absolute; right: 3px; top: 3px; bottom: -271px; width: 8px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 752px; max-width: unset;\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12); font: 500 15px \/ 25px quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; border-top: none; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px 10px 0px; text-align: left;\"><span class=\"\">Utility<\/span><\/th>\n<th style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12); font: 500 15px \/ 25px quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; border-top: none; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px; text-align: left;\"><span class=\"\">kWh\/Day<\/span><\/th>\n<th style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12); font: 500 15px \/ 25px quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; border-top: none; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px; text-align: left;\"><span class=\"\">Average Continuous Watts<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px 10px 0px;\"><span class=\"\">SMUD (Sacramento)<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">23.0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 0px 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">~960 W<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px 10px 0px;\"><span class=\"\">SCE<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">16.6<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 0px 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">~690 W<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px 10px 0px;\"><span class=\"\">PG&amp;E<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">16.4<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 0px 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">~680 W<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px 10px 0px;\"><span class=\"\">LADWP<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">15.9<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 0px 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">~660 W<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px 10px 0px;\"><span class=\"\">SDG&amp;E<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">12.0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 0px 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">~500 W<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin: 16px 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span class=\"\">Inland areas run more air conditioning. Coastal areas run less. An SDG&amp;E customer uses roughly half the power of a SMUD customer \u2014 same state, different climate, different bill.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 22px; line-height: 32px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; margin: 32px 0px 16px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span class=\"\">Climate Can Triple Your Load<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin: 16px 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span class=\"\">PG&amp;E&#8217;s summer baseline allowance \u2014 the power it considers essential \u2014 ranges from <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">5.9 kWh\/day<\/span><span class=\"\"> in its mildest territory to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">19.2 kWh\/day<\/span><span class=\"\"> in its hottest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin: 16px 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span class=\"\">That&#8217;s the difference between a home averaging 250 watts and one averaging 800 watts, before you turn on anything discretionary.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin: 16px 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span class=\"\">Here&#8217;s the twist most people don&#8217;t see coming: as California homes electrify, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">winter becomes the new peak<\/span><span class=\"\">. An all-electric home with a heat pump and electric water heater can receive up to 26.7 kWh\/day in winter. Summer AC is no longer the worst case.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 22px; line-height: 32px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; margin: 32px 0px 16px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span class=\"\">Where the Watts Actually Go<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin: 16px 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span class=\"\">A gas-heated California home without AC or an EV draws about 15 kWh\/day. Here&#8217;s the breakdown:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ds-scroll-area ds-scroll-area--show-on-focus-within ds-scroll-area--enabled _1210dd7 c03cafe9\" style=\"--dsl-scroll-area-gutters-disappear-delay: 1s; z-index: 0; position: relative; overflow: auto; scrollbar-width: none; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); --container-height: 503px;\">\n<div class=\"ds-scroll-area__gutters\" style=\"--dsl-scroll-area-scrollbar-bg: #e5e5e5; --dsl-scroll-area-scrollbar-hover: #d4d4d4; pointer-events: none; z-index: 1000; transition: opacity 0.1s ease-out 1s; --container-height: 503px; position: sticky; top: 0px; left: 0px; right: 0px; width: 752px; height: 0px; opacity: 1 !important;\">\n<div class=\"ds-scroll-area__horizontal-gutter\" style=\"position: absolute; left: 0px; right: 0px; top: 489px; height: 8px;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ds-scroll-area__vertical-gutter\" style=\"position: absolute; right: 3px; top: 3px; bottom: -500px; width: 8px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 752px; max-width: unset;\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12); font: 500 15px \/ 25px quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; border-top: none; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px 10px 0px; text-align: left;\"><span class=\"\">Load<\/span><\/th>\n<th style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12); font: 500 15px \/ 25px quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; border-top: none; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px; text-align: left;\"><span class=\"\">Daily kWh<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px 10px 0px;\"><span class=\"\">Central AC (3-ton, summer)<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 0px 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">18.6<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px 10px 0px;\"><span class=\"\">Level 2 EV charging (35 mi\/day)<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 0px 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">10.0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px 10px 0px;\"><span class=\"\">Kitchen (induction + oven)<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 0px 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">3.9<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px 10px 0px;\"><span class=\"\">Kitchen (gas range)<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 0px 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">3.5<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px 10px 0px;\"><span class=\"\">Laundry (washer + electric dryer)<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 0px 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">3.0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px 10px 0px;\"><span class=\"\">Home office<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 0px 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">1.3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px 10px 0px;\"><span class=\"\">Living room<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 0px 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">1.2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px 10px 0px;\"><span class=\"\">Second fridge\/freezer<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 0px 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">1.0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px 10px 0px;\"><span class=\"\">Each bedroom<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 0px 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">0.5<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px 10px 0px;\"><span class=\"\">Bathroom<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 0px 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">0.3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin: 16px 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span class=\"\">Notice something? A single summer AC day or one EV commute <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">outweighs every other room combined<\/span><span class=\"\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin: 16px 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span class=\"\">Then there&#8217;s the load nobody counts. An NRDC study of 70,000 Northern California homes found an average of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">164 watts always on<\/span><span class=\"\"> \u2014 standby electronics, chargers, appliances that never fully sleep. That&#8217;s 3.9 kWh\/day. In a mild-climate home, standby alone can be a quarter of your bill.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 22px; line-height: 32px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; margin: 32px 0px 16px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span class=\"\">Peak Watts: When Everything Fires at Once<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin: 16px 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span class=\"\">This is where sizing decisions get made.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ds-scroll-area ds-scroll-area--show-on-focus-within ds-scroll-area--enabled _1210dd7 c03cafe9\" style=\"--dsl-scroll-area-gutters-disappear-delay: 1s; z-index: 0; position: relative; overflow: auto; scrollbar-width: none; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); --container-height: 594px;\">\n<div class=\"ds-scroll-area__gutters\" style=\"--dsl-scroll-area-scrollbar-bg: #e5e5e5; --dsl-scroll-area-scrollbar-hover: #d4d4d4; pointer-events: none; z-index: 1000; transition: opacity 0.1s ease-out 1s; --container-height: 594px; position: sticky; top: 0px; left: 0px; right: 0px; width: 752px; height: 0px; opacity: 1 !important;\">\n<div class=\"ds-scroll-area__horizontal-gutter\" style=\"position: absolute; left: 0px; right: 0px; top: 580px; height: 8px;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ds-scroll-area__vertical-gutter\" style=\"position: absolute; right: 3px; top: 3px; bottom: -591px; width: 8px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 752px; max-width: unset;\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12); font: 500 15px \/ 25px quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; border-top: none; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px 10px 0px; text-align: left;\"><span class=\"\">Load<\/span><\/th>\n<th style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12); font: 500 15px \/ 25px quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; border-top: none; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px; text-align: left;\"><span class=\"\">Running Watts<\/span><\/th>\n<th style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12); font: 500 15px \/ 25px quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; border-top: none; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px; text-align: left;\"><span class=\"\">Surge Watts<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px 10px 0px;\"><span class=\"\">Refrigerator<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">132\u2013192<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 0px 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">1,200<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px 10px 0px;\"><span class=\"\">Furnace fan<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">600<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 0px 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">1,000<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px 10px 0px;\"><span class=\"\">Lights<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">600<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 0px 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">600<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px 10px 0px;\"><span class=\"\">Laptop\/router\/charging<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">200\u2013250<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 0px 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">200\u2013250<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px 10px 0px;\"><span class=\"\">LED TV<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">120<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 0px 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">120<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px 10px 0px;\"><span class=\"\">Microwave<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">1,500<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 0px 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">1,500<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px 10px 0px;\"><span class=\"\">Central AC (3-ton)<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">~3,100<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 0px 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">~6,200<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px 10px 0px;\"><span class=\"\">Electric dryer<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">5,400<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 0px 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">6,750<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px 10px 0px;\"><span class=\"\">Electric water heater<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">4,500<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 0px 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">4,500<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px 10px 0px;\"><span class=\"\">Level 2 EV charger<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">7,200<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 0px 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">7,200<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px 10px 0px;\"><span class=\"\">Clothes washer<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">1,200<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 0px 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">1,200<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px 10px 0px;\"><span class=\"\">Dishwasher<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">216<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 0.727273px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; min-width: 100px; max-width: min(30vw, 320px); padding: 10px 0px 10px 16px;\"><span class=\"\">540<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin: 16px 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Totals:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin: 16px 0px; padding-left: 18px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\"><span class=\"\">Essentials only: ~1,760 running, 2,800 at startup<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 6px;\">\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\"><span class=\"\">Essentials + microwave: ~3,260 running, 4,300 at startup<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 6px;\">\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\"><span class=\"\">Essentials + central AC: ~6,360 running, 9,500 at startup<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 6px;\">\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\"><span class=\"\">Everything at once: ~25,000 running, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">~28,000 at startup<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 22px; line-height: 32px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; margin: 32px 0px 16px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span class=\"\">Can Your Panel Handle It?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin: 16px 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span class=\"\">A 100-amp panel supplies 24,000 watts maximum \u2014 about 19,200 watts continuous under the 80% rule. A 200-amp panel supplies 48,000 watts, or 38,400 continuous.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin: 16px 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span class=\"\">The &#8220;everything at once&#8221; scenario doesn&#8217;t fit on 100 amps. That&#8217;s why electrification in California usually starts with a panel upgrade or smart load management. California&#8217;s 2025 building code already requires new homes with service over 125 amps to be battery-ready.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 22px; line-height: 32px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; margin: 32px 0px 16px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span class=\"\">Time-of-Use: When You Run Matters as Much as How Much<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin: 16px 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span class=\"\">Running essentials plus AC from 4\u20139 p.m. uses about 32 kWh.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin: 16px 0px; padding-left: 18px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">SCE TOU-D-4-9PM:<\/span><span class=\"\"> ~$18.45 on-peak vs. ~$10.80 off-peak<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 6px;\">\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">PG&amp;E E-TOU-C:<\/span><span class=\"\"> ~$16.60 at the summer peak rate<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin: 16px 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span class=\"\">Same kWh. Nearly double the cost. Pre-cool before 4 p.m., run laundry in the morning, charge the EV after midnight \u2014 and you move the same energy into cheaper hours. A battery does this automatically, which is a major reason 57% of California solar systems installed in 2024 included storage.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 22px; line-height: 32px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; margin: 32px 0px 16px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span class=\"\">Sizing a Battery or Generator<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin: 16px 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span class=\"\">Essentials need 2,800\u20134,300 watts of starting capacity. Add central AC and you need ~9,500 watts at startup and over 6 kW continuous.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin: 16px 0px; padding-left: 18px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Tesla Powerwall 3:<\/span><span class=\"\"> 13.5 kWh usable, up to 11.5 kW continuous. Runs essentials ~7\u20138 hours at full draw. Handles a 3-ton AC if the LRA rating fits. One unit covers ~82% of an average California home&#8217;s daily use.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 6px;\">\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Enphase IQ Battery 5P:<\/span><span class=\"\"> 5 kWh, stacks in 5 kWh increments. Good for essentials-only homes.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin: 16px 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span class=\"\">Backup isn&#8217;t just about storms. PG&amp;E called multiple PSPS events in 2025. If you&#8217;re in a fire-risk zone, size for at least a full day of essentials.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 22px; line-height: 32px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; margin: 32px 0px 16px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span class=\"\">How to Calculate Your Own Numbers<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin: 16px 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span class=\"\">Multiply each appliance&#8217;s nameplate watts by daily hours, divide by 1,000, and add. Then check against your utility&#8217;s hourly usage data \u2014 available for PG&amp;E, SCE, and SDG&amp;E customers.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 22px; line-height: 32px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; margin: 32px 0px 16px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span class=\"\">How Much Solar Covers It<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin: 16px 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span class=\"\">An average California home at 16.5 kWh\/day needs roughly <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">3.5\u20134 kW<\/span><span class=\"\"> of solar (assuming 4.2\u20134.7 kWh per kW daily). A SMUD-area home at 23 kWh needs 5\u20135.5 kW. Adding an EV adds 2\u20132.5 kW.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 22px; line-height: 32px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; margin: 32px 0px 16px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span class=\"\">FAQ<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin: 16px 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">How many watts does a house use per hour?<\/span><span class=\"\"><\/span><br><span class=\"\">A California home averages about 690 watts, or 0.69 kWh per hour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin: 16px 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">How many watts does a 2,000 sq ft house use in California?<\/span><span class=\"\"><\/span><br><span class=\"\">Less about square footage, more about climate. A coastal gas-heated home may sit near 690W; the same house inland with AC can double on hot days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin: 16px 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Can a 100-amp panel run a house?<\/span><span class=\"\"><\/span><br><span class=\"\">Yes, for a gas-heated home. It usually can&#8217;t also carry a Level 2 EV charger, electric water heater, and induction range simultaneously.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin: 16px 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Can a 5,000W generator run a house?<\/span><span class=\"\"><\/span><br><span class=\"\">It covers essentials (~4,300W startup with microwave) but not a 3-ton AC, which pushes startup near 9,500W.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"background: none 0% 0% \/ auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: currentcolor; border-image: none; height: 1px; margin: 32px 0px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin: 16px 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span class=\"\">Knowing how many watts to run a California house lets you size solar, batteries, and panels correctly \u2014 and avoid nasty surprises when the next heat wave or shutoff hits. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Book your free home energy assessment today and get a watt-by-watt plan built for your utility and climate zone.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin: 16px 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/nextgpower.com\/pl\/contact-us\/\"><i><u>Skontaktuj si\u0119 z nami<\/u><\/i><\/a> for more information.<\/b><\/p>\n<hr style=\"background: none 0% 0% \/ auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: currentcolor; border-image: none; height: 1px; margin: 32px 0px; font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"margin: 16px 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 21); font-family: quote-cjk-patch, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">S\u0142owa kluczowe:<\/span><span class=\"\"> how many watts to run a California house, California home power consumption, average watts California home, kWh per day California, peak watts house California, solar for California home, battery backup California, 100 amp panel upgrade, EV charger watts, central AC watts California<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your neighbor&#8217;s house might hum along at 500 watts. Yours might spike past 25,000. Both are &#8220;normal&#8221; for California \u2014 and that gap is exactly why this question has no single answer. Here&#8217;s what most people miss: the number that matters isn&#8217;t your average. It&#8217;s your peak. That&#8217;s what determines whether your panel trips, your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guides"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.1.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"How many watts to run a California house? 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