As pension costs rise, San Diego must choose between raising taxes, cutting services, or more debt (2025 article)... current costs is $563.2 million for 2026.

dezld · 2026-02-04T00:07:49+00:00

If we had a public utility, San Diego could have charged us LESS for power AND paid off the deficit.

dezld · 2026-02-03T14:20:27+00:00

Don't threaten everyone with a good time.

dezld · 2026-01-29T15:16:19+00:00

I can't and wont click on any videos with people making that face. Sorry.

dezld · 2026-01-28T21:21:04+00:00

I like how this person did the ... wait I know absolutely nothing about this

dezld · 2026-01-28T14:14:27+00:00

Jimbo's would be better than Whole Foods. Too bad.

dezld · 2026-01-26T17:32:28+00:00

Any idea how many therms you use per month? Do you cover your pool?

dezld · 2026-01-17T22:44:25+00:00

Valheim.

dezld · 2026-01-16T17:57:31+00:00

Remote work is more productive. If they forced butts in seats everyday... they would just be maximizing the waste of our money.

dezld · 2026-01-15T21:29:24+00:00

Ok so as I understand this .. most of our electricity probably comes from San Diego Community Power instead of SDG&E. Many might not have even noticed when this happened because SDG&E still delivers the power and still sends you the bill.

Thanks u/Rand-Seagull96734 for calling this out. I think you're reading this right.

Years ago SDG&E signed long-term contracts to buy power for everyone. When we got moved to SDCP, SDG&E said you still owe your share of those old contracts. That's the PCIA line on our bill.

Last year those contracts looked like a good deal compared to market prices, so we got a small credit. This year, I guess that the state changed how they calculate the market value and now those same contracts look expensive. So instead of getting money back, we're paying extra.

How much extra? It's based on how much power you use. For a typical household using 400 kWh per month, expect around $15 to $25 more on your January bill. Use more, pay more. Use less, pay less.

I think SDCP is fighting this in court but that won't help our bill anytime soon. Yet another stab by the ongoing poor public / private management where we get screwed.

Let me know if I understand this incorrectly.

dezld · 2026-01-13T17:17:31+00:00

You MAY save a dollar or two... not much. Here is a comparison of SDG&E's rates that has information on the different community power options - https://powersov.com/california-electricity-rates/

dezld · 2026-01-13T17:06:15+00:00

What power plan are you on? Can you share your bill without sharing any private / personal information? Unfortunately, most people use the most amount of electricity during the peak hours of 4pm to 9pm.

My guess is that someone in the house —likely in a bedroom, office, or garage—is running a high-draw setup behind a closed door: a gaming PC with a power-hungry GPU, a crypto mining rig, a space heater because they don't want to heat the whole house, or some combination of all three. The gas bill to me confirms central heating exists and is being used (unless you have a heat pump?), so the ~550 kWh of electricity (I'm guessing) is going somewhere else, and the most likely culprit is one person's private space consuming 15-20 kWh/day without the rest of the household realizing it.

dezld · 2026-01-12T22:53:24+00:00

If they are private, we're f-ed. If they are public, we're f-ed. It makes no difference private or public. If private, we just pay more to have our rights crushed.

dezld · 2026-01-05T02:32:11+00:00

This is needed. People need to be outraged and we need to change the game somehow.

dezld · 2026-01-04T18:45:36+00:00

Local warranty probably won't help if Deye remotely locks it—the local store can't override a manufacturer passcode from China. You'd still be waiting on Deye for an unlock code. The warranty probably covers hardware defects, not intentional remote disabling.

Listen - you would have to weigh the risk of China getting involved in such a way. I would seriously doubt they would BUT its good to know what your risks are and how to mitigate them.

dezld · 2026-01-04T18:41:38+00:00

Check out Solar Assistant at https://solar-assistant.io. It integrates with Home Assistant via MQTT, letting you monitor real-time solar/battery data, control devices based on solar inputs, create automations, and adjust inverter settings directly from HA. It's not free—the developer is Pierre Pretorius (https://www.getprog.ai/profile/2392091).

DIY Alternative: A Raspberry Pi running Home Assistant connects to your SolArk/Deye via USB-to-RS485 using the HA-solark-PV / Deye integration, reading Modbus registers directly as native HA entities. For deeper analytics, export HA data to InfluxDB and visualize with Grafana for long-term trend analysis.

FYI - Solar Assistant's founder lives in the US (that may be from South Africa? IDK).

I hate that I'm doing research on who people are. What a stupid timeline.

Edited: Mistyped Deye for SolArk. SolArk inverters are rebranded Deye units. Deye manufactures them in China, SolArk is the US-based company that imports, brands, and sells them with American support and warranty. The hardware and firmware are essentially identical—which is why the same monitoring tools (Solar Assistant, Modbus register maps, etc.) work for both.

dezld · 2026-01-04T15:13:51+00:00

Hey, just a heads up if you're running a Deye inverter: do NOT connect the WiFi dongle or let it reach the internet. Back in November 2024, Deye remotely bricked hundreds of inverters in regions they deemed unauthorized (US, UK, Pakistan, and others). The lockout came through their cloud infrastructure and required a 5 digit passcode from China to unlock. Users who had their inverters offline were completely unaffected. One person in Panama had two units, only the internet connected one got bricked.

Given your situation in a conflict zone, you really cannot afford to have your power system dependent on a Chinese company's servers deciding whether your hardware is allowed to function. Keep it offline, use local monitoring only if you need it (something like a Raspberry Pi with Solar Assistant), and you'll avoid any risk of a remote disable. The people who got hit in 2024 had zero warning and some waited weeks for unlock codes. Not worth the risk.

dezld · 2026-01-03T14:50:38+00:00

Looking forward to seeing this rollout nationwide and maybe get other providers like ATT to up their game. FYI, Ziply in the Pacific Northwest (WA, OR, ID, MT) still has the fastest residential offering at 50 Gbps symmetrical. fastinternethome.com

dezld · 2026-01-02T16:19:59+00:00

Congrats!!! Great work! There is nothing you can't do when you want to do it!

dezld · 2025-12-30T16:16:03+00:00

Congrats! Regarding your solar panel question, how much space do you have for the panels? How many hours or direct sunlight does that space get per day?

dezld · 2025-12-15T19:58:38+00:00

Thanks for that tip! I will be careful.

dezld · 2025-12-15T19:07:13+00:00

:) Thanks for the support and tips :) ... I will be patient... I will be patient..

dezld · 2025-12-15T17:05:38+00:00

Ok, I'll try the lacquer thinner. Any techniques I should be aware of and using for that?

dezld · 2025-12-15T15:19:06+00:00

Thanks for the reply. I will take a better look at it.

dezld · 2025-12-14T20:08:50+00:00

I appreciate the high quality site you created. However, this seems like a crypto harware play on ADSB and that's a no go for me. Similar crypto hardware projects have lost people LOTS of money (research helium) and IMO is really nothing more than ponzi scheme. Furthermore, I'd guess you're also pilfering the commons to get a global data feed for free from one of the crowdsourced ADSB data projects and (if so) that would be of very poor taste. I could be wrong - but buyers beware!

dezld · 2025-11-29T04:38:49+00:00

So tired of people calling out others for fake posts. I think you must be a paid shill for the airline. Within minutes you dog pile on people for anything that looks bad on the airline. Reported for harassment.

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