Learn About Solar ยท Part 4

AI, Electrification, and the Future of Your Electric Bill

Demand is spiking. Your roof is the hedge.

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The Big Picture

U.S. electricity demand is entering
its steepest climb in 50 years.

For decades, electricity demand was flat. That era is over. The electrification of transportation, heating, and computing is driving the biggest demand spike since the post-war industrial boom.

2020
2022
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Historical Current Projected (EIA)
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The U.S. Energy Information Administration projects electricity demand will grow ~40% by 2035. The grid wasn't built for this.

Driver #1

AI is the biggest new
electricity consumer on the planet.

Every AI query, every cloud service, every streaming video runs on electricity. Data centers already use 4% of U.S. power. By 2030, that could triple. Tech companies are building power plants just to run their AI.

DATA CENTERSAI / Cloud / StreamingCOALRetiringNATURAL GASMaxed outNUCLEARRestartingRENEWABLESScaling fast
4%
of U.S. power today
12%+
projected by 2030
300%
growth in AI compute
Driver #2

Everything is going electric.
Your home included.

Cars, heating, cooking, water heaters โ€” all moving to electric. Each one adds load to a grid that's already strained. And every kilowatt of new demand pushes rates higher for everyone.

YOUR HOMEGrowing demandEV+30-40 kWh/dayHEAT PUMP+15-25 kWh/dayINDUCTION+5 kWh/dayWATER HTR+12 kWh/dayPOOL/SPA+20 kWh/day
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A fully electrified home can use 2-3x more electricity than a traditional one. Without solar, that's 2-3x more money to the utility every month.

The Bill

The grid needs trillions in upgrades.
Guess who pays.

New transmission lines, transformer upgrades, substation expansions, grid hardening against extreme weather โ€” all of it gets paid through your electric bill. Utilities invest, regulators approve rate increases, and you pay.

TRANSMISSION$800B neededSUBSTATIONS$600B neededHARDENING$1.1T neededYOUR BILLAbsorbs it all
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$2.5 trillion in grid upgrades needed by 2035

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Utilities pass 100% of costs to ratepayers

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Rate cases are accelerating โ€” increases coming faster

The Math

More demand + more infrastructure cost =
higher rates, compounding forever.

This isn't a one-time increase. It's structural. Demand goes up, infrastructure costs go up, rates go up โ€” and then you electrify more things, which adds more demand. The cycle feeds itself.

MORE DEMANDGRID UPGRADESHIGHER RATESELECTRIFICATIONMORE LOADENDLESS CYCLE
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Without action, your electricity costs compound like interest โ€” 3-8% per year, indefinitely. In 10 years, that's 35-115% more than today.

The Hedge

Your roof produces free electricity.
That's the exit from this cycle.

Solar takes you out of the compounding cost cycle entirely. The more electricity costs go up for everyone else, the more valuable your system becomes. Your roof is the only asset that produces the commodity whose price is rising fastest.

SUNYOUR ROOFProducingBATTERYStoringYOUR HOMEProtected
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Every rate increase makes your solar system more valuable. The worse the grid economics get, the better your investment looks.

The Outlook

Two futures.
You get to choose.

Stay on the Grid

Rate trajectory+3-8%/year
EV charging costGrid rates
Outage protectionNone
AI demand impactYou pay for it
Infrastructure costOn your bill
ControlNone

Solar + Storage

Rate trajectoryLocked at $0/kWh
EV charging costFree from roof
Outage protectionBattery backup
AI demand impactDoesn't affect you
Infrastructure costNot your problem
ControlTotal
The Timing

Every month you wait,
you pay more to own less.

Electricity rates aren't going back down. The demand drivers โ€” AI, EVs, electrification โ€” are accelerating. Solar costs are stable now, but supply chain pressures from demand could change that. The best time to lock in is before the next rate increase.

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Every month counts

Each month without solar is another utility payment you'll never get back.

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Rates only go up

No utility in history has permanently lowered residential rates.

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Lock in now

The day you install, your energy cost is fixed. Everything after is savings.

The grid's future is expensive. Yours doesn't have to be.

Ready to disconnect
from rising costs?

AI, EVs, and electrification are making the grid more expensive every year. Your roof can generate what the grid is charging more and more for.

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