[quote=bibsoconner]Thanks for the reply ocrenter, I appreciate it.

I can see how the calculations are different for you, as you also have solar panels feeding electricity back into the grid. I had not really considered solar for the house as our current electric bill is only about $100/month. So we would just have solar for the pool. Like I said, I filter (with a multi speed, newer pump) for 6-8 hrs a day. But right now, I could easily change the time of that pumping to midnight to 6 am if TOU came to be. But you can’t do that if you need to pump water to the roof of your house during the hottest part of the day.
I mentioned this to one contractor and he (politely) scoffed at my concern. He said that either (i) this TOU will not happen or (ii), the utility (SDG&E) would be forced to give customers that are heating their pools the reduced rated during the hottest part of the day. I’m currently checking claim (ii) out. Off-hand, I wouldn’t think SDG&E would have to do anything they don’t want to – unless there are gov’t regulations saying otherwise.

Enjoy your pool!
Dave[/quote]

I doubt SDGE will be switching over to TOU for the general public anytime soon. Therefore would not look at looming TOU as a major factor here.

Solar is continuing to grow by leaps and bounds, yet a lot of solar owners are not on TOU tariff rate. Can you imagine the financial hit SDGE will be faced with when all these solar owners can suddenly charge SDGE at peak rate during peak generating hours?

By going from a 4 tier system to a 2 tier system, SDGE is trying to discourage solar installations. A cross-the-board TOU system will significantly encourage solar installs.

As for your contractor’s claim that SDGE will have to charge pool heating costumers a lower rate. that’s complete bull, probably because he had nothing else to say on the subject and didn’t want to lose the business.