Savings Incentive Programs for Homes
When you help us save energy, we help you save money with Demand Response programs.
What is Demand Response?
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Demand Response (DR) programs can help you save energy and money. DR programs provide incentives for reducing electricity use when demand for electricity is high. You can choose from a variety of DR programs through SCE and independent third parties who provide DR services. Learn how Demand Response programs contribute to a clean energy future, and the impact these programs can make during emergency situations.
Here’s How It Works
1. Demand for energy goes up.
2. We call a DR “event” to lower electricity levels.
3. You get a notification to reduce your usage or we lower it for you.
4. You receive compensation for helping us!
Why should I sign up?
You’ll be compensated for participating in these programs, whether through bill credits, a reduced rate, or other types of payment. You may also be eligible to receive extra incentives for allowing DR-enabling technology to be installed in your home.
On top of that, you’re also making a difference by helping us put less stress on the environment and the energy grid.
How will I get notified?
There are a variety of ways that you can receive notifications about a DR event, including:
- Mobile app alerts
- Text messages
- Phone calls
Use of Circuit Breakers During DR Events
Since safety is SCE’s number one priority, SCE will never advise its customers to participate in Demand Response events by turning on and off electricity at their circuit breakers. Most residential circuit breakers are not designed to work as on/off switches during DR events, and improper and frequent use may lead to hazardous conditions or damage to your electronic equipment and appliances. SCE does not recommend this practice for demand response. If you do flip your circuit breaker on or off for any reason, SCE recommends you exercise the appropriate precautions which include, but are not limited to:
- Wearing and using protective gear to protect against arc flashing;
- Turning equipment off before turning the circuits back on to avoid damage or excessive wear;
- Checking with the panel manufacturer to confirm whether the panel is designed for this type of use; and
- Ensuring circuits do not support medical devices, smoke detectors, fire alarms, and other critical or safety-related equipment and devices.
SCE Demand Response Programs
Smart Energy Program
This program is a year-round, event-based program that offers bill credits to eligible customers who own a qualifying smart thermostat and enroll through one of our authorized service providers. During a DR Event, your thermostat may be automatically adjusted to temporarily limit A/C usage. In exchange, you could qualify for a one-time $75 sign-up bonus plus up to $40 annually. You can override events at any time, but overriding events may impact your continued participation in the program.
Summer Discount Plan
The Summer Discount Plan is a year-round, event-based program that allows SCE to turn or cycle off customers’ air conditioners. In return, customers have the opportunity to earn bill credits on their summer season bills. There’s no cost to enroll or participate in this program.
Power Saver Rewards Program
The Power Saver Rewards program rewards you for voluntarily reducing your energy use during Power Saver Rewards events, which are called when the electricity grid is stressed. You will earn $2 for each kilowatt-hour (kWh) of energy you save. The more you save, the more you earn! A typical customer who lowers energy usage during eight events over an annual season could earn $40 in bill credits.* Power Saver Rewards events can occur any time from 4 to 9 p.m. on hot summer days between May 1 and October 31.
Third Party Demand Response Programs
These third parties provide additional DR services that can help you manage and lower your home’s energy usage.
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AMS pairs commercial and industrial customers with technologies like behind-the-meter battery storage and automated load control to participate in utility programs and wholesale markets.
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Chai Energy is a user-friendly mobile application that helps customers find ways to save energy and reduce their bills. Chai uses energy data to find savings through electric vehicles, rooftop solar, efficient appliances, demand response programs, time of use energy rates, and behavior changes in the home.
CPower is a leading national provider of demand-side energy management solutions. CPower operates and offers several demand response and demand management programs in the SCE utility territories including: Demand Response Auction Mechanism (DRAM), Capacity Bidding Program (CBP), and through its partnership with Stem, the SCE-LCR program which combines energy storage and demand response. Find out more about CPower’s SCE offerings.
In California, EDF Trading North America, LLC is a Scheduling Coordinator and a Demand Response Provider (DRP). EDF Trading North America, LLC provides services to large commercial and industrial customers that allow them to economically manage their own demand response programs, or EDF Trading North America, LLC can act on behalf of the customer as DRP.
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EnergyHub’s programs enable and incentivize customers to use their internet-connected thermostats, water heaters, EVs and other connected products to save energy at times of peak demand.
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GridPoint makes Automated Demand Response participation and DR revenue realization easy for businesses of all sizes and types. As an official SCE Capacity Bidding Program Aggregator GridPoint works with each customer to lower their energy usage and provide peak demand mitigation across one site or multiple sites, tailored to a business’ specific facilities and requirements.
Earn revenue and save energy by participating in the Capacity Bidding Program (CBP). Through Innovari Market Solutions, participants become partners in determining curtailment strategies and incentives.
IPKeys Power Partners is a leading provider of Demand Response resources and solutions across the United States. We provide an advanced Auto DR platform with our Energy Interop Server & System™ (EISS™) system and customer tools to enable our customers to participate in a broader range of Demand Response including Capacity, Reserves, Energy and Rate Optimization programs.
Leap is a marketplace for grid services, allowing every electrical device to help balance the grid, regardless of capacity, availability and location.
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Stem’s unique artificial intelligence for energy storage, Athena™, delivers the benefits of DR without disruption by automatically responding to events and shifting energy use away from the most expensive times. As a member of Stem’s LCR network, achieve real-time energy optimization with heavily discounted service rates, guaranteed cost savings, and no capital outlay.
Swell is a smart, clean energy company on a mission to modernize the grid by delivering smart energy solutions to consumers, utilities and grid operators.
Tesla Energy now offers Powerpack customers the opportunity to see additional savings from their storage systems. By harnessing the energy in your Powerpack when it is not needed for bill management, Tesla’s algorithms create additional revenue for you, while providing valuable services to the grid.
THG Energy‘s OpenADR-certified technology enables customers for intelligent, automated demand response. Our proprietary hardware and software solution combines flexible controls, down-to-the-minute monitoring, and market intelligence to make participating in demand response programs straightforward and valuable to both customers and the electricity grid.
Viridity Energy Solutions is a leading demand response, demand management, and battery storage solutions provider. Through its flexible and turnkey VPower™ software-as-a-service and services platform, Viridity maximizes energy revenue and savings for customers.
Voltus is a demand response company for commercial and industrial businesses.Services include demand response program enrollment and aggregation,energy management consulting and energy technology solutions.