If you are able to manage your energy habits, one of our Time-Of-Use plans may be the best fit for your home. Rates on a TOU plan are based on the time of day and the season.
TOU plans can help you manage your energy costs. By taking advantage of lower rates during off-peak and super off-peak periods, you can avoid higher weekday rates when energy resources are in demand.
- Electricity prices are typically lower early in the day, overnight, and on the weekends.
- Bills may be higher during the summer but overall annual energy costs can be lower.
- The new TOU 4-9PM and 5-8PM plans offer low prices while the sun is shining and solar power is contributing to the power grid.
Better for customers who stay up late. May benefit smaller households in coastal areas with moderately sized homes or condos.
Highest Rates: Summer Weekdays 4-9 p.m.
Base Services Charge: $0.79 per day
Baseline Credit: $0.10 per kWh up to your monthly baseline allocation. For example, if your monthly allocation is 200 kWh, you’d see a $20 credit on your bill.
*Additional baseline allocation applies for Heat Pump Water Heater customers on this rate.
The rates shown reflect pricing for customers receiving both delivery and generation services from SCE. Your rates may differ if you receive your generation services from a provider other than SCE. For generation costs, please contact your Community Choice Aggregation Service Provider or Direct Access Electricity Service Provider for more details.
June - September
Better for customers who stay up late. May benefit smaller households in coastal areas with moderately sized homes or condos.
Highest Rates: Summer Weekdays 5-8 p.m.
Base Services Charge: $0.79 Per day
Baseline Credit: $0.10 per kWh up to your monthly baseline allocation. For example, if your monthly allocation is 200 kWh, you’d see a $20 credit on your bill.
*Additional baseline allocation applies for Heat Pump Water Heater customers with this rate.
The rates shown reflect pricing for customers who receive both delivery and generation services from SCE. Your rates may differ if you receive your generation services from a provider other than SCE. For generation costs, please contact your Community Choice Aggregation Service Provider or Direct Access Electric Service Provider for more details.
June - September
A rate for an electric vehicle or plug-in hybrid owners and lessees, customers with a residential battery, or customers with an electric heat pump system for water or space heating.
Highest Rates: 4 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Base Services Charge: $0.79 Per day
Baseline Credit: None
The rates shown reflect pricing for customers who receive both delivery and generation services from SCE. Your rates may differ if you receive your generation services from a provider other than SCE. For generation costs, please contact your Community Choice Aggregation Service Provider or Direct Access Electric Service Provider for more details.
June - September
Time-Of-Use plans are designed so you have options to reduce your overall costs. Check out the video to discover how TOU rate plans work.
Time-of-Use Plans Frequently Asked Questions
Time-of-Use Plans FAQ
By logging in to My Account, you have access to a number of tools and services, including a chart that tracks which tier you’re currently in (as of the previous day), and the tier you’re expected to fall into by the close of the current monthly billing period.
The information provided in the chart is customized based upon your specific electricity use and is updated daily. Because the electricity usage is updated daily, the costs are also updated daily. This chart also provides current tier pricing, and the amount of electricity allocated to each tier. This can be a valuable resource to help you better understand the rate structure and more effectively manage your monthly bill.
Log in to My Account to access the chart, then select the "View Recent Usage" button, and then "How is this calculated?" which is located below your “Projected Next Bill” total.
If you switch to a Time-of-Use rate, you will not be able to make another switch for a full 12 months. Keep in mind that Solar Billing Plan customers are required to be on the TOU-D-PRIME rate and NEM 2.0 customers are required to be on a Time-of-Use rate.
The rate you are currently on may now be a discontinued TOU rate plan, including TOU-D-A, TOU-D-B, and TOU-D-T. Discontinued TOU rate plans are no longer open to customer enrollment. If you’re enrolled in one of these rates, you can continue to stay on it for now. If you switch to a different rate plan, however, you cannot re-enroll in your previous plan.
If you can shift some of your electricity use to take advantage of the lower priced (off-peak) time periods, you have the ability to lower your overall electricity costs. Running your dishwasher during Off-Peak periods instead of during On-Peak periods is an example of shifting in usage to lower your electricity costs. Use our Appliance Energy Use Cost Estimator to see how much you can save by shifting energy use to off-peak hours.
Each customer has two baseline allocations, one for summer and one for winter usage. Baseline allocation is the same as the baseline allowance found on the standard residential rate plan. Your allowance can be found by reviewing the “details of your new charges” section of the bill statement. Under “additional information” you will see your summer baseline allowance, your winter baseline allowance, or both, depending on which month’s bill you review. For more information about baseline, view the “about baseline” section of the standard domestic rate plan page here.
The minimum charge is no longer applicable. If you have 0 usage, you will still receive the Base Services Charge.
Medical Baseline customers have an additional 16.5 kWh allocated to their baseline usage on a daily basis, in addition to their applicable seasonal baseline for the operation of life-support devices and other qualifying equipment.
A Heat pump water heater (HPWH) can be three times more efficient than a conventional water heater. It works similarly to a refrigerator, except in reverse. While a refrigerator removes a heat pump, a water heater takes the heat from the surrounding air, and an HPWH takes the heat from the surrounding air and transfers it to water in an enclosed tank. Effective October 1, 2022, customers who own a Heat Pump Water Heater are also eligible for an additional baseline allocation if they are on TOU-D-4-9PM or TOU-D-5-8PM. Customers receiving a basic baseline allowance will receive an incremental allowance of 1.9 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per day in the Summer and 2.6 kWh per day in the Winter, and customers receiving an All-Electric baseline allowance will receive with an incremental allowance. This additional allocation provides a credit to help offset the charges you pay for the HPWH electricity usage. If you are already enrolled on an eligible TOU rate and have recently installed HPWH, please call us at 1-866-743-1645 to get this allocation enabled.
Several new incentives in California make heat pump water heaters more affordable than ever. To find incentives available in your area, visit The Switch Is On website.
Baseline Allocation
An amount of electricity (measured in kilowatt hours) that is provided to households at a lower rate than electricity used above this threshold.
Baseline allocations are determined by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) based on the number of days in the billing period, the season, the climate, and whether your primary source of heat is electric.
Baseline Allocation (Daily/Monthly)
Since billing periods can have different numbers of days, the baseline allocation is defined initially as a daily allocation. This is then calculated into an allocation for the entire billing period, which is sometimes called a “Monthly Baseline Allocation” for convenience.
Baseline Credit
A discount that reduces total electricity charges. A baseline credit is calculated per kilowatt hour (kWh) used and is capped by the monthly baseline allocation.
Kilowatt Hour (kWh)
A unit of measurement for electrical energy consumption over time that we use to compute billing. One kilowatt hour is equivalent to using 1,000 watts for 1 hour.
Tier
An amount of energy allocated to a customer in a billing period at a specific price. If a customer uses more energy than what is allocated, they are charged at a higher rate on the next tier.
