Fix First HomeWhat home-upgrade rebates actually pay — and who you apply to.

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Administered by San Diego Community Power (SDCP), a community choice aggregator.

An upfront battery rebate of $250 to $500 per kWh, plus $0.10 for every kWh the battery discharges on weekday evenings, in exchange for SDCP dispatching half the battery from 4 to 9 p.m. on weekdays for five years.

source · verified 24 September 2026 · amounts in US dollars

What it pays

Upfront rebate per kWh of battery
CustomerNew solar and batteryBattery added to existing solar
Market rate$350$250
CARE, FERA and other non-market-rate customers$500$350

Plus $0.10 per kWh discharged in the weekday dispatch window, on top of normal export credits.

Who is eligible

homes
A single-family home at the service address.
battery
Charged only from the home's solar panels, not the grid, and installed by an SDCP-approved contractor.
dispatch
The battery discharges 50% of its usable capacity between 4 and 9 p.m. on weekdays; you can override it during an outage.
commitment
Stay enrolled five years to keep the full rebate.

Half the battery is the program's on weekday evenings

The rebate buys SDCP the right to discharge half the battery every weekday evening. Manufacturers' own backup reserves can shrink what is left for you further, SDCP notes.

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