Residential Rates
SCE offers a variety of rate plan options. You can find the name of your current rate plan in the “Details of Your New Charges” section on page 3 of your bill.
For most residential customers, the standard Residential Rate is most beneficial. This rate plan features a tiered structure with 5 rate tiers. Each month, your household’s energy consumption starts in Tier 1, where the price per kilowatt hour is lowest. The best way to keep energy costs lower is to limit your energy consumption to the lower tiers. SCE is committed to helping customers use less electricity, and save money. Find ways to save electricity and money. Learn about money-saving programs for income-qualified customers.
To discuss alternative rate plan options, call us at 1-800-655-4555.
How Rates Are Set
SCE customers’ electricity rates are established by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), the government body that regulates all investor-owned utilities in the state. The CPUC assesses rates every three years through General Rate Case proceedings.
Residential Rate Plan Options
- Understanding Tier 1 (Baseline)
- Understanding the Late Payment Charge
- Understanding the Generation Component
- Information About SCE's Medical Baseline Allocation Program
- Residential Plan (Schedule D)
- Residential Plan Options
- Special Time-of-Use Options
- Electric Vehicle Pricing Options
- Apartment Building, Mobile Home, and RV Park Options
- Information on SCE service charges
Understanding Tier 1 (Baseline)
The "baseline allocation" is an established amount of energy (kWh) allocated for basic services such as lighting, cooking, heating, and refrigeration usage. Residential customers' baseline allocation is established by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to ensure that all customers can purchase a basic supply of energy at the lowest rate in effect and your specific allocation depends upon your baseline region, the season (winter or summer), and whether your home's source of energy is electricity only or a combination of electricity and gas.
More information is at Understanding Tier 1 (Baseline)
Understanding the Late Payment Charge
Southern California Edison's (SCE's) Late Payment Charge is assessed on the total amount of any unpaid, past due bill(s). Bills become past due 19 calendar days from the date the bill is prepared.
Understanding the Generation Component
The Generation component for each rate is broken down into two rate factors. These are the 1) Utility Retained Generation (URG) factor and 2) the Department of Water Resources (DWR) factor. The Generation components must be applied separately to a percentage of the total kWh consumed during the billing period. Due to the frequent fluctuation of the DWR market rate, please refer to your bill for the current DWR percentage or call
Information About SCE's Medical Baseline Allocation Program
If you have a medical condition that requires life-support equipment or special environmental conditions, you may qualify for extra savings on your electric bill through Southern California Edison's Medical Baseline Allocation program. The Medical Baseline Allocation program provides qualified customers an additional allowance of low-priced ("baseline") energy for specific medical life-support equipment and specific illnesses.
More information is available at Medical Baseline Allocation.
Residential Plan (Schedule D)
Southern California Edison's (SCE's) Domestic (D) rate schedule is the basic rate for residential customers and has a five-tiered structure. Rates within the schedule increase with the energy consumed above the residential customer's "baseline allocation."* Typical Schedule D customers live in single-family homes, apartments, condominiums, or townhouses. Schedule D may also serve multi-family residences, such as residential hotels or qualifying recreational-vehicle parks where you pay your electric bill to SCE and are in a single location.
More information is available at Schedule D: Residential Rate Summary.
* Baseline electricity allowances are an established level of kilowatthours (kWh) provided to residential customers. Pursuant to State law, baseline allowances represent the electricity necessary to supply a significant portion (50-60%) of the reasonable needs of the average residential customer.
Residential Plan Options
Information is available at Schedule D Options
Special Time-of-Use Rates
Customers who use most of their electricity during "off-peak" hours could benefit from a time-of-use rate schedule.
The link below provides Special Time-of-Use Rates information:
Electric Vehicle Pricing Options
The link below provides EV-related information:
Electric Vehicle Pricing Options
Apartment Building, Mobile Home, and RV Park Options
The link below provides information on the options for service to multi-family buildings with a single SCE meter, such as apartment buildings and duplexes, residential hotels, and qualifying recreational-vehicle parks.
Apartment Building, Mobile Home, and RV Park Options
Information on SCE Service Charges
Charges for Southern California Edison (SCE) to establish your electric service, reconnect electric service, late payment, returned checks, and for an SCE representative to visit a customer's location reflect SCE's costs for these activities. The California Public Utilities Commission has approved these charges.
Complete, detailed pricing information is also available in Southern California Edison's SCE Tariff Book. To print residential pricing schedule information, select "File" from your browser menu, and choose "Print."
