Extreme Weather Restoration Update
Our thoughts are with everyone impacted by the extreme weather event. As of Tues. 1/14, 5 p.m., 70,250 customers are without power. PSPS numbers will continually change as field reports and system updates are completed. For the latest outage updates, including your outage status, please visit our Outage Look Up Tool.
For more information on power restoration, please visit Extreme Weather Restoration Updates.

January 2019 Rate Changes

January 2019 Rate Changes

Effective January 1, 2019, the rate components listed below changed as follows.

  • Transmission – for all rates
  • Distribution – for some Residential rates and for the Commercial “R” rates.
  • PPPC – for all rates
  • TOTCA – for all rates
  • CIA – for applicable Residential rates
  • SCE Gen – for some rates (RTP hourly rates did not change)
  • DWR Bond Charge – for all rates
  • DWR Energy Credit – for all rates
  • PCIA – for all rates
  • CARE Surcharge
  • CARE Discount % – for all TOU CARE rates
  • FERA Discount % – for all TOU FERA rates
  • State Tax factor – for all rates
  • Green Rate factors – for all applicable rates

California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE)

SCE’s current and revised CARE Surcharge and CARE Discount Percentage are listed below:

Rate Component $/kWh Rate or Percentage Prior to January 1, 2019 $/kWh Rate or Percentage as of January 1, 2019
Domestic CARE Surcharge* 0.00508 0.00507
CARE Discount for Commercial Accounts 27.6% 27.7%

*The CARE Surcharge rate is shown in dollars/kWh. All non-CARE, non-Street Lighting customers pay this same amount on an equal dollars/kWh basis.

Family Electric Rate Assistance (FERA)

SCE’s current and revised FERA Discount Percentage are listed below:

Rate Component $/kWh Rate or Percentage Prior to January 1, 2019 $/kWh Rate or Percentage as of January 1, 2019
FERA Discount 12% 18%
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