Participate in the Capacity Bidding Program – Elect (CBP-E) through an aggregator and earn incentives for reducing electricity use during high-demand periods, helping maintain grid reliability during critical conditions.
What Is CBP-E Through an Aggregator and Who Can Join?
CBP-E provides participants with rewards for committing to and reducing energy during high-demand events. Residential and business customers can enroll in the program through an aggregator, which acts as an intermediary between participants and SCE. Businesses may also self-aggregate their portfolio of service accounts.
Work with your aggregator to decide how much electricity you can reduce during a CBP-E event. The monthly commitment is called a nomination, also known as a bid. Your incentives are based on these nominations and the amount of energy you reduce during an event. Incentive amounts are determined by your agreement with your aggregator.
CBP-E runs from May through October and offers the flexibility to adjust nominations and participation preferences during the nomination open period. Participants will be notified the day before an event and will never be required to reduce their load by more than 24 hours in any month.
Customers cannot participate in CBP-E if they are on the Base Interruptible Program, Critical Peak Pricing, Real Time Pricing, Agricultural Pumping Interruptible or lighting rates — nor if they are enrolled in other SCE demand response programs.
Read the CBP-E tariff sheet for complete terms and conditions.
Contact SCE’s Demand Response Help Desk at 1-866-334-7827 or email DRP@sce.com.
Sign up through one of the aggregators below. If self-aggregating, contact DRP@sce.com to get started.
Participating CBP-E Aggregators for Business Customers
Frequently Asked Questions
FAQ
Yes, customers may enroll in CBP-E directly with SCE through the Direct Participation Option.
CBP-E provides capacity payments for nominated reductions and energy payments when events are called and energy is reduced; amounts depend on the participant’s aggregator agreement.
- Capacity Payments: Monthly payments for committing to reduce a certain amount of electricity, called nominations, even if no events are called. These are determined by a calculation using the participant’s monthly nomination and the applicable tariff capacity rate in a given month.
- Energy Payments: Payments for when a participant reduces electricity usage during a CBP-E event. Amounts depend on the participant’s nominated capacity, actual load reduction achieved during the event and applicable market prices.
Contact your aggregator for more information on how incentive amounts are determined.
Yes, you can adjust your nomination each month by coordinating with your aggregator during the monthly nomination period.
Customers with multiple service accounts may combine their electricity load into a single CBP-E portfolio and participate without using an aggregator. Participants are responsible for managing their accounts and submitting nominations.
Print, complete and submit the Aggregator Agreement and Credit Application. We will review your credit history and determine whether you meet the credit requirements or need to provide a deposit to participate. If a deposit is required, we will ask for your expected maximum capacity nomination and inform you of the deposit amount.
After your application is approved and any required deposit is received, your profile will be created in the customer enrollment online system, and you will need to self-register to obtain a user login and password. If desired, you will also be listed as an aggregator on this page.
To enroll your customers (or accounts, if self-aggregating), complete an Aggregator Add Form, which acknowledges customers’ intent to use you as their aggregator. We will notify you when you may begin placing nominations with CBP-E. Submit an Aggregator Remove Form when you want to remove a customer from your portfolio.