This pilot is ideal for businesses and homes that are able to program equipment such as electric vehicles and chargers, HVAC systems, heat pumps, and smart devices to use power during hours with the lowest pricing. Periods of low pricing usually occur when energy is in reduced demand and can be generated with fewer emissions.
The State of California and SCE will consider the results of this pilot in determining whether flexible pricing can be used to help accelerate the transition to clean energy, improve the reliability of the power grid, and reduce the cost of providing electricity.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE
The pilot is open to SCE business and residential customers
who are:
- An SCE customer who receives generation services from either SCE or a participating Community Choice Aggregator (CCA) in SCE territory*
- Currently enrolled in an eligible Time-of-Use (TOU) or Real Time Pricing (RTP) rate
- Not enrolled in a Demand Response (DR) program (see below for eligible exceptions)
* Contact your CCA to see if your CCA is participating in this pilot.
Eligible TOU Rates and Demand Response Programs
Eligible Time-of-Use (TOU) Rates*
*All currently available rate options are eligible, including Option E, Option D, Standby, NEM, SBP, and RTP.
Eligible Demand Response (DR) Programs*
* Contact your CCA to see if your CCA is participating in this pilot.
HOW IT WORKS
The pilot offers dynamic prices that vary every hour. Hourly prices are updated daily, and each daily schedule is released in advance to give customers (or their Automated Service Provider, or ASP) the opportunity to program or plan their energy use during hours when electricity is the least expensive, so they can maximize cost savings.
For example: If a customer has an electric vehicle, or fleet of EVs, they can program chargers for use when energy is priced lowest, instead of other periods when energy is the most expensive.
During the pilot, customers will continue to pay their monthly bill at their current rate, as usual. After 12 billed months, the regular monthly bills paid by the customers will be compared to the customer’s flexible pricing results. If the customer would have paid less through flexible pricing, they will receive a payment for the difference. If they would have had a higher total under flexible pricing, there is no penalty or payment due.
Customers who are on Net Energy Metering (NEM) or Solar Billing Plan (SBP) will receive any payment due at the end of their relevant period, even if it comes before 12 months.
Participants may opt to leave the pilot at any time and receive their payment, if any, after departing the pilot.
HOW TO ENROLL
Coming soon: Eligible customers can sign up for the pilot directly through SCE or through a participating ASP.
Customers participating through an ASP will provide their ASP with permission to control equipment and devices remotely. Individual ASPs may offer different types of automation and control; please see your ASP agreement for details.
Customers participating directly through SCE are responsible for planning or programming their own energy use.