STEP 2: Locate your usage (circled in red below)
STEP 3: Enter your usage in the "usage" box on the below calculator to see your 2020, 2021, 2023, and 2024 power bill rate increases
STEP 4: Share this website on social media so other residents can see these big increases coming
SESD Bill | Rate | Usage | Ext |
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Usage Tier 1 (1-2000) | $0.094 | 2000 | $188.00 |
Usage Tier 2 (2001+) | $0.099 | 0 | $0.00 |
$0.00 | |||
Subtotal | 2000 | $188.00 | |
Power Adj | $9.88 | ||
Base | $9.00 | ||
Sales Tax | $0.038 | $7.92 | |
Total | $214.80 |
SESD Bill | Rate | Usage | Ext |
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Usage Tier 1 (1-500) | $0.079 | 500 | $39.50 |
Usage Tier 2 (501-1000) | $0.097 | 500 | $48.50 |
Usage Tier 3 (1001+) | $0.112 | 1000 | $112.01 |
Subtotal | 2000 | $200.01 | |
Power Adj | $12.19 | ||
Base | $20.75 | ||
Sales Tax | $0.038 | $8.92 | |
Total | $241.88 | ||
2021 Year Rate Increase | 12.60% |
SESD Bill | Rate | Usage | Ext |
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Usage Tier 1 (1-500) | $0.119 | 500 | $59.50 |
Usage Tier 2 (501-1000) | $0.137 | 500 | $68.50 |
Usage Tier 3 (1001+) | $0.152 | 1000 | $152.01 |
Subtotal | 2000 | $280.01 | |
Power Adj | $17.58 | ||
Base | $20.75 | ||
Sales Tax | $0.038 | $12.19 | |
Total | $330.53 | ||
2023 Year Rate Increase | 36.65% | ||
2020-2023 Rate Increase | 53.88% |
SESD Bill | Rate | Usage | Ext |
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Usage Tier 1 (1-500) | $0.22 | 500 | $110.00 |
Usage Tier 2 (501-1000) | $0.24 | 500 | $120.00 |
Usage Tier 3 (1001+) | $0.260 | 1000 | $260.00 |
Subtotal | 2000 | $490.00 | |
Power Adj | $30.76 | ||
Base | $20.75 | ||
Sales Tax | $0.038 | $20.74 | |
Total | $562.25 | ||
2024 Year Rate Increase | 70.10% | ||
2020-2024 Rate Increase | 161.75% |
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Perfect Storm 1 - What Is The BIG EV Lie & How Bad Are Housing Shortages?
Perfect Storm 2 - Why Are World's Largest Power Plants Closing?
Perfect Storm 3 - What's The Future Of Hydropower During This 30 Year Drought?
Perfect Storm 4 - Why Are California's Brownouts And Blackouts Coming To Utah?
Perfect Storm 5 - Who's At Fault For SESD's Rate Increases?
"How are we going to power it all?"
Let's take a look...
Approx the same as 1 A/C
Approx the same as 1 refrigerators
Approx the same as 25 refrigerators
Approx the same as 4 A/Cs
Utah grows by 100,000+ residents per year
Utah was short 56,000 homes in 2017
Utah built 41,144 homes in 2021
Utah is short 31,000 homes in 2022
EV adoption rate is 10X combustion engines adoption rate
EVs use approximately as much as 25 refrigerators or 4 A/C units
You have more TVs, air fryers, pebble ice machines, refrigerators etc plugged in than ever before
Utah has the largest average home size in the United States (2800 sqft on average)
Utah grows by 100,000+ residents per year
Utah was short 56,000 homes in 2017
Utah built 41,144 homes in 2021
Utah is still short 31,000 homes in 2022
Utah will likely be short 60,000 homes by the end of 2022
(Smoking gun = something that serves as conclusive evidence or proof)
Simply, our demand has been out stripping our supply, and those pigeons are coming home to roost.
To fully understand how big of a deal this is, we need to look at the next Perfect Storm - World's Biggest Coal Plant Closures
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23,000 residents
578,000 residents
2,567,200 residents
Utah has approximately 3,000,000 residents. This much power coming off line is like 39% of all Utah losing it's power source.
2021 Coal Plant Closures - Enough Power For 1,178,000 Residents
With Utah's approximately 3,000,000 residents, we are now up to 86% of all Utah losing their power source in just 2 years.
2022 Coal Plant Closures - Enough Power For 1,389,200 Residents
With Utah's approximately 3,000,000 residents, we are now up to 754% of all Utah losing their power source in just 7 years.
(Yes, you heard correctly. It's the equivalent of 7.5 states the size of Utah losing their power)
2022 Coal Plant Closures - Enough Power For 1,389,200 Residents
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Lake Powell Hydro Dam (power for 528,000 equivalent residents)
Lake Mead hydrodam (power for 1,300,000 equivalent residents)
Coal fired plants (power for 20,056,800 equivalent residents)
Which means, all our hydropower dams are a risk!
Fact: SESD gets power from this dam and our allotment has been severely reduced pushing us into the open market.
(All the snow we have received has helped northern Utah but has done almost nothing to help Lake Powell)
With Utah's approximately 3,000,000 residents, we are now up to 815% of all Utah losing their power source in just 1-7 years between coal & hydro dams. (8.15 equivalent states of Utah)
Lake Powell Dam Likely To Stop Producing In 2023
It's basically this...
Fact: Between Lake Powell and Lake Mead Dams, 1,828,000 people would lose power.
Utah has approximately 3,000,000 residents. This much power coming off line, we are not up to a whopping 815% of all Utah losing their power in a 1-7 year window.
That "Orange" you see in the next picture isn't just a fashion statement, it's a siren wakeup call.
The findings show that the entire western part of the United States up through Canada is at an Elevated Risk of not having enough power.
How much do you think that risk of power outages expands as we go from 3 million EVs last year to 6 million EVs on the road at the end of next year?
That's like plugging in 150,000,000 new refrigerators in a 2 year window.
Solving this power shortage isn't simply building more gas fired plants, as they are the next on the list to be shut down because they have a carbon foot print.
You might be asking..."how stupid can American leaders get?"
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I wish that was the case!
Quiz - Which of these are true about California?
Their power cost is 4x Utah's power rate
They will likely see their utility rates double or triple
They source power from other states
They have brownouts and blackouts regularly
They are now willing to buy electricity from coal, natural gas, and basically everywhere they can find power to keep their lights on
Quiz - How much did the cost of coal and natural gas increase that we use to make electricity?
Natural gas is up 5%
Natural gas is up 34%
Coal is up 10%
Coal is up 167%
If you know California, they are a bit of a tree hugger. They think dirty coal and bad for your natural gas should be avoided at all costs, even if it it means frequent brown out and blackouts...until now.
Their new policy is "buy power everywhere we can find it!"
Natural gas prices jumped last year by 250% and then simmer back down to 34% with the fed trying to kill demand by pushing the economy into a recession.
Historically natural gas power plants setup long term contracts to buy gas at fixed prices so they can control their costs.
The HUGE challenge they have been running into is...
The demand for electricity is so HIGH and they are running the plants SO HARD, they are burning through their contract allotments and having to buy natural gas on the open market (i.e. the high prices).
Last year I average $8.50/day and this year I'm at $12.50/day even though I dropped my thermostat by 2 degrees to cut down on costs.
Coal, the BIG surprise.
If we are shutting down coal fired plants, wouldn't you think coal would be cheaper??
You'd be right in theory, just not in reality.
Coal jumped 500% last year and has simmered down to a cool 167% increase.
What do you think happens when the coal input costs to make electricity goes up 167%? We 😭!
Here is the problem, Utah is short power because coal fired plants got shut down, natural gas plants are getting over worked and going down frequently for maintenance for ever longer periods of time, hydropower is sucking wind due to the drought, and California is now competing with us to buy power in the open market?
But wait, there is more...😖
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In 2022 SESD bought power on the open market at 588% higher price than they sold it to customers
Telephone poles prices increased by 200%
Transformers prices increased by 300% and they take 1-2 years to receive after ordered
Their coal fired plant was shut down 10 years early that it should have and their hydro dam electric production plummeted due to a lack of water
In the 1st week of September of 2022 SESD lost $650,000 buying electricity on the open market to power the grid (i.e. 588% higher price than they charged us).
Cost of telephone poles has gone up 200%, transformers by 300% with a 1-2 year wait time, plus wire has gone up 300%.
And by the way, they are getting way less hydropower, our coal fired plant was retired 10 years early (per federal mandate), everybody is using more, and they are buying more power on the open market & competing with California.
No new coal plants are being built
Gas fired plants are next to be phased out (they have a carbon footprint)
Gas fired plants are being over worked, going down for maintenance more frequently and for longer periods of time
Cost of coal, natural gas, telephone poles, transformers etc have increased 200% -300%
Hydropower is in trouble due to a lack of water
No new power facilities coming online
Install solar on your home (SESD is updating their solar policy from 10kW max system size to 25kW)
Nuclear power plants are 5-10 years out to come online (if at all)
Rates will increase for at least the next 7 years (we are talking big rate increases)
Brownouts and blackouts are almost assured to occur (demand is outstripping supply)
Other states will pay premium prices to buy Utah power so we are now competing with other states
No new power sources coming online, demand is increase, and supply is shrinking
We are also buying power from other states as we are outstripping Utah's supply
Now you might be asking "why would SESD be willing to increase the size of a solar system by 150%?"
The answer is simple, we do not have enough power and any power a home can self-generate helps.
It is way better for a customer to buy power with solar at $0.04/kWh than it is for SESD to source it on the open market at $0.47kWh (i.e. like September of last year) and pass the rate hikes on to you.
With 2024 rate increases likely to be a dizzying 56% additional increase, the more power we can offload to solar, the better it is for everybody because it would slow down how much power needs to be purchased from the open market.
The SESD plan to help offset rate increases are, "shrink the demand for power so we stay out of the open market to purchase power".
As of right now, we have 1 level that can help, and that's solar.
The next mega solution...
Pray for rain to fill Lake Powell & Lake Mead to power the hydro dams (the recent rainfall has helped northern Utah but has did almost nothing for Glen Canyon hydrodam or the Hoover hydrodam)
Pray nuclear power comes online in the next 5 years.
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In 2022 I saw an explosion in demand for whole home backup battery systems.
We installed more batteries in 2022 than we did in the previous 5 years.
Approximately 50% of all the solar systems we installed last year had a battery systems.
In the past I would tell people, "the battery isn't about saving money, it's about security."
The new reality is "with the recent rate increases and the ones coming, the battery will save you money and provide security."
3-in-1 Charging + USB – Wirelessly charge smart phone, earbuds, watch plus USB devices
Cut the Cord – Eliminate the clutter of multiple chargers and cords
Grab and Go – Small enough to fit into your travel bag, purse or briefcase, yet powerful enough to charge multiple devices
Fast Recharge – Lightning fast recharge in just 90 mins
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Powers Many Devices – Power devices up using AC, USB or USB-C
Weighs Less – Only 2.1 lbs
Renewable – Can recharge with solar or AC wall outlet
Power Longer – Has up to 99.9Wh of stored energy
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Multiple Uses – 14,000mAh / 480A powers the jump-starter, air compressor, USB outputs, and includes a flashlight
Zero Maintenance – Use daily, no maintenance required
Weighs Less – The jumper is <3 pounds and the entire unit is <5 pounds
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Sincerely,
Mike Morris
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Simple...as long as you have a credit score of 640+ and are the homeowner, we can put solar on your house with Zero down.
After installing solar on thousands of homes we discovered when you save folks a lot of money, homeowners love it and as a result it became a low risk option for us to provide homeowners solar with zero down. Easy Peasy.
Boy is there ever!
Both the Fed and State of Utah want to clean up our air quality so they put massive solar incentives out there to encourage us to clean up the environment and save money.
Time is of the Essence on these incentives. For a few years the State of Utah covered $2,000.
As of 2022 the Fed incentive is 30% and the State of Utah was reduced to $800.
The useful life of a solar panel is 50 years.
In fact, the panels come with a 25 year production guarantee, which means it guarantees that your solar panels will produce the promised power for 25 years or it's a warrantied item.
Can you think of a product with a 25 year performance guarantee?
The real secret behind solar's production guarantee is there are no moving parts. If you compare that to a new car, the car probably only has a 3 year/36,000 mile guarantee, and that is because a car has around 2,000 moving parts every time you step on the gas to go.
The answers is yes.
Because we offer zero down solar we are only willing to work with homeowners.
Now, if you own a rental property and want solar on it, that's a huge win! You can incorporate the power into the cost of the rent to make more profits plus you could depreciate the solar system to protect your profits.
If you are a renter and want solar, have the property owner contact me and if they put solar on your rental, you'll get a referral fee.
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Mike Morris has been helping homeowners with solar systems and off-grid systems for 6 years. He has created custom solutions on homes ranging from:
1) $150,000 homes with 1,500 sqft that needed basic solar systems
2) To $30,000,000 homes with 22,000 sqft that required 155 solar panels, 28 batteries, 2 massive home backup generators, and multiple EV chargers to create a completely self-sufficient fortresses.
DISCLAIMER: The solar figures stated anywhere on this page are individual solar figures and marketing results. Please understand that solar figures are not typical, and we are not implying that you will duplicate them. We have the benefit of doing solar for 5+ years, and have an established following as a result.
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