소득 비율 지불 계획 (PIPP)

Most customers enrolled in the California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE) program qualify to participate in SCE’s PIPP pilot, with some exceptions noted below in these FAQs. Qualified CARE customers must also meet one of the following criteria: (1) have experienced two or more disconnections between March 2019 through February 2020, or (2) live in one of the zip codes in the following table.

Yes, you will be asked to complete the California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE) program income verification/recertification process. For details, please visit our CARE Post-Enrollment Verification webpage.

No, PIPP pilot participation is limited to those CARE customers with incomes that do not exceed 200% of Federal Poverty Guidelines (FPG). To qualify for the PIPP pilot, you must confirm your household income does not go above the FPG limit.

No, NEM customers are not eligible to participate in the PIPP pilot. If a participating PIPP customer subsequently enrolls in NEM rates, the customer will be removed from PIPP.

No, Direct Access customers are not eligible to participate in the PIPP pilot.

No, customers who do not have a SmartMeter are not eligible to participate in the PIPP pilot.

No, master-metered operators such as mobile home parks and their sub-metered tenants are not eligible to participate in the PIPP pilot

Customers can participate in PIPP as long as their CCA is participating in the pilot. The following CCAs in the SCE service area are participating in the PIPP Pilot:

• Clean Power Alliance (CPA)
• Apple Valley Choice Energy (AVCE)
• Lancaster Choice Energy (LCE)
• Pico Rivera Innovative Municipal Energy (PRIME)
• Pomona Choice Energy (PCE)
• Rancho Mirage Energy Authority (RMEA)
• San Jacinto Power (SJPO)
• Central Coast Community Energy (CCCE)

If a participating PIPP customer is subsequently enrolled into CCA service by a non-participating CCA, the customer will be removed from the PIPP pilot.
 

Yes, provided all other eligibility requirements are met.

If you are on an existing payment arrangement, you will still be required to pay the agreed monthly amount in addition to your monthly bill.

Customers are allowed to be enrolled in both AMP and PIPP at the same time.

If a customer is removed from CARE, the customer will also be removed from PIPP.

If a participating PIPP pilot customer moves within SCE’s or a participating CCA’s service areas and re-establishes service at the new location within 30 days of terminating service at the previous location, SCE will automatically transfer the customer’s PIPP pilot enrollment status to their new location.

If the customer does not re-establish service at the new location within 30 days, or if the customer moves outside of SCE or a participating CCA’s service area, the customer will be removed from PIPP.

To be eligible to participate in the PIPP pilot, a customer cannot be enrolled in another pilot.

If you are enrolled in the Power Saver Rewards Program, the Emergency Load Reduction Program (ELRP) pilot for residential customers, you can un-enroll from Power Savings Rewards Program by clicking here. If you apply for PIPP and are subsequently enrolled into the PIPP pilot, you will be un-enrolled from the Power Savings Rewards Program.

No. If you are enrolled in the Budget Billing Plan (BBP), you are not eligible to participate in the PIPP pilot.

Acceptable forms of Income are included below: