{"id":17474,"date":"2025-10-19T14:15:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T14:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/2025\/10\/19\/why-and-how-i-cut-ties-with-pge\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T14:15:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T14:15:35","slug":"why-and-how-i-cut-ties-with-pge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/2025\/10\/19\/why-and-how-i-cut-ties-with-pge\/","title":{"rendered":"Why and How I Cut Ties With PG&#038;E"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qT_uSJVCYds?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>I was tired of paying $700+ dollars a month for electricity so I decided to build my own solar system. One company quoted me for $90,000 to install a smaller system than I built.  No way we could afford that so I starting doing research on building a DIY solar system myself. All in, including permits, mounts, panels, grading, shed, wire and everything else was about $20k. We used Ballasted Solar Panel Racking and with our system vs. PG&#038;E monthly bills, we&#8217;ll have this system paid off in two to three years and have free energy from that point on.  <\/p>\n<p>The components I used for solar:<\/p>\n<p> IntegraRacks IR-45ASAA<\/p>\n<p>EG4 12000XP Off-Grid Inverter<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/signaturesolar.com\/eg4-12000xp-off-grid-inverter-48v-split-phase-24kw-pv-input-12kw-power-output\/?ref=FishermansLife<br\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/signaturesolar.com\/eg4-12000xp-off-grid-inverter-48v-split-phase-24kw-pv-input-12kw-power-output\/?ref=FishermansLife<br<\/a> \/><\/p>\n<p>EG4-WallMount Indoor Battery 14.3kWh<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/signaturesolar.com\/eg4-wallmount-indoor-battery-48v-280ah-14-3kwh-indoor-heated-ul1973-ul9540a-10-year-warranty?ref=FishermansLife<br\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/signaturesolar.com\/eg4-wallmount-indoor-battery-48v-280ah-14-3kwh-indoor-heated-ul1973-ul9540a-10-year-warranty?ref=FishermansLife<br<\/a> \/><\/p>\n<p>Aptos 550W Bifacial Panels (Pallet of 31)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/signaturesolar.com\/17-05kw-aptos-550w-bifacial-solar-panels-black-up-to-688w-with-bifacial-gain-dna-144-bf10-550w-dg-full-pallet-31-panels-17-05kw-total\/?ref=FishermansLife<br\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/signaturesolar.com\/17-05kw-aptos-550w-bifacial-solar-panels-black-up-to-688w-with-bifacial-gain-dna-144-bf10-550w-dg-full-pallet-31-panels-17-05kw-total\/?ref=FishermansLife<br<\/a> \/><\/p>\n<p>IntegraRack IR-45ASA Adjustable Seasonal Angle BallastRack\u2122 Solar Module Racking System<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/signaturesolar.com\/integrarack-ir-45asa-adjustable-seasonal-angle-ballastrack-solar-module-racking-system-1-adjustable-leg\/?ref=FishermansLife\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/signaturesolar.com\/integrarack-ir-45asa-adjustable-seasonal-angle-ballastrack-solar-module-racking-system-1-adjustable-leg\/?ref=FishermansLife<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was tired of paying $700+ dollars a month for electricity so I decided to build my own solar system. One company quoted me for $90,000 to install a smaller system than I built. No way we could afford that so I starting doing research on building a DIY solar system myself. All in, including [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8553,"featured_media":17475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8553"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}