OnGrid Solar's industry-leading utility database now includes over 850 rate schedules plus incentives at 150+ utilities in 40 states, Puerto Rico, Washington D.C., and Ontario, Canada. The utility database is relied on daily by hundreds of solar professionals to quickly and accurately calculate electric bill savings with solar.

Known for their obsessive attention to detail, OnGrid accounts for rate nuances often ignored by other rate-tracking services, such as:

  • tiered and time-of use energy rates
  • demand charges (including tiered and time-of-use demand)
  • feed-in tariffs
  • the myriad “little” surcharges scattered throughout utility tariff books
  • market supply and fuel adjustment charges
  • rate multipliers, limiters, and credits
  • minimum energy-rate charges
  • monthly customer and meter charges
  • energy rate taxes

The up-to-date rate database automatically loads into the ‘OnGrid Tool’ spreadsheet (a tool for solar system design, financial analysis, and solar sales proposals). OnGrid Tool users can utilize the database with minimal understanding of the underlying complexity (although the details are easily-accessed by advanced users).

OnGrid rate specialist Jessica Yip enthusiastically notes, “Putting together different components of the utilities' electric rates is like playing a fun game of puzzles.” She continues, “At the end of each puzzle, you get to see the beautiful masterpiece!”  OnGrid developer Michael Bishop adds, “Not everyone would be this excited about maintaining a giant utility database – I suppose the fact that we truly enjoy it helps explain the excellent accuracy.”

To utilize OnGrid’s rates database for your solar projects, please register for a free trial of the OnGrid Tool at: http://ongrid.net/index.php?page=signup