Customers can only enroll in CBP-E through an aggregator.  A CBP-E Aggregator can be a third-party or customer that has met the CBP-E Aggregator requirements and aggregates its own service accounts.

Participating customers may be general service and agricultural service accounts, that are Bundled Service, Direct Access or Community Choice Aggregation customers. To be eligible to participate in CBP-E, customers must have the appropriate interval metering equipment installed. The interval meter must be able to record energy usage data in hourly intervals.

Net Energy Metering (NEM) tracks your net energy use once you’re interconnected with the SCE grid. Your bill calculates the difference between surplus energy from your system and the energy you consume to determine whether you owe a balance or have credit each month.

Your solar generating system can’t produce energy 24/7. When your system isn’t generating enough electricity – such as at night or when it’s overcast – SCE provides energy to keep your power on. When your system provides more energy than you need, that surplus is transferred back to SCE, and you get credited for that energy.

NEM billing tracks usage in 12-month cycles, and any surplus credit you earn throughout that cycle will roll over from month to month to offset energy consumption charges. At the end of the annual cycle, you’ll receive a settlement statement, where you’ll pay your balance (if any) or be paid out through Net Surplus Compensation (NSC), if applicable.

In addition to whatever balance or credit you have each month, your bill includes basic “Delivery” or “Non-bypassable” charges. These are charges all SCE customers pay every month to cover maintenance and operation costs, and public programs.

Sometimes your solar generating system produces more energy than you need. When this happens, SCE buys your surplus energy, and you get credit for it.

Similarly, when your solar generating system is producing less energy than you need – for example, at night, or when it’s cloudy – SCE will provide energy and you’ll be charged for it.

Your net energy is the difference between the energy you produce and the energy you consume:

Energy You Produce – Energy You Consume = Net Energy

At the end of the year, you receive your annual settlement statement:

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If you consumed more energy than you produced during the year, you’ll have an end-of-year balance due and owe that balance in full.

If you end the year with a negative balance (unused credit), and you opted-in to Net Surplus Compensation (NSC), it will be paid out as a bill credit or by check at the NSC rate.

Your bill contains everything you need to know about your energy use for the month:

• Amount Due: What you owe now
• Year-to-Date Charges: Annual total as of bill date, due at the end of your 12-month cycle (only applies to ABO customers)
• Detailed Energy Charges: A list and total of individual charges and credits
• Detailed Energy Use: Your current use and history

View Full NEM 1.0 Bill Breakdown

View Full NEM 2.0 Bill Breakdown

View SOMAH-VNM Bill Breakdown

Want to just see what you owe at a glance? Your balance due as well as your year-to-date total are listed on the first page of your bill:

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When you become an NEM customer, you have two options for how to be billed:

1. Annual Billing Option (ABO):   

   With ABO, you are responsible for set fees each month, but you pay all your net energy charges just once a year, at the end of your 12-month cycle. If you prefer to pay your new energy charges monthly instead of annually, you can opt-in to MBO by logging in and submitting this form.

2. Monthly Billing Option (MBO):

   With MBO, you pay your set fees and net energy charges in full every month, instead of a lump sum at the end of the year.

3. Annual Settlement Statement:

   At the end of each 12-month billing cycle, regardless of your Billing Option, your remaining net energy charges are due. If you have a credit balance, you may be eligible for a payout, calculated at the Net Surplus Compensation (NSC) rate. Your net energy balance will reset to zero at the start of each 12-month billing cycle.

The Virtual Solar Billing Plan and Solar Billing Plan Aggregation programs are available to new applicants effective, February 15, 2024.  

Schedule NEM-V-ST (Virtual Net Energy Metering for Multi-Tenant and Multi-Meter Properties) is available to customers who applied on or before the February 14, 2024, deadline.  

Customers who submitted a valid Interconnection Request under the Virtual NEM or NEM Aggregation programs on or before the April 14, 2023, deadline will have a 9-year eligibility period.  

Existing Virtual NEM and NEM Aggregation customers will remain on their current rate plan and will retain the 20-year eligibility period. 

No. The Solar Billing Plan will not change the current interconnection process and related fees. It will also not introduce any new interconnection fees.

NEM 1.0 and 2.0 customers that expand their system’s aggregate capacity by no more than the greater of 1 kW or 10 percent of the original system size, can remain under their respective programs. However, a revised application with the new configuration is still required.

Please note:

• The capacity limits outlined above also apply when adding an energy storage system to an existing solar installation.
• When you are submitting an expansion, if you qualify and intend to remain on your respective program, your interconnection request must be submitted using the ‘NEM 1.0/2.0 Expansion’ option in the drop-down menu for application type. Failure to do so will result in the account being moved to the Solar Billing Plan; SCE cannot guarantee a reversal back to NEM.
• However, only adding an eligible new Energy Storage System (ESS) as an expansion to your system will not affect the remainder of your 20-year NEM eligibility period.

If your expansion exceeds the limits stated above, a new application must be submitted under the Solar Billing Plan. Once approved, your account will be transitioned to the Solar Billing Plan, and SCE will set up your account on an applicable TOU rate (if it is not already on one). 

Under the current NEM rules, account changes, such as moving in or out of a residence with an NEM system or transferring the account to someone else’s name, do not affect the NEM eligibility period of the original system.