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March 2011 Rate Changes

Effective March 1, 2011, the Southern California Edison (SCE) rates listed below changed (increased or decreased) as follows:

  • The Transmission charge will increase for all rates and will vary by rate schedule.
  • The Distribution charge will increase for CARE Domestic Service (D-CARE), Time-of-Use Electric Vehicle (TOU-EV-1), Time-of-Use Pumping and Agricultural Internal Combustion Engine (TOU-PA-ICE) and Renewable (Option R) rates based on tier structure.
  • The Conservation Incentive Adjustment charge (CIA) will change for domestic tiered structure rates.
  • The Generation charge will increase for Rate Schedule Power - Agricultural and Pumping Connected Load Basis (PA-1) only.

Catalina Gas Rates

SCE filed Advice Letter 172-G to revise SCE’s gas tariffs to reflect an increase in the Santa Catalina Island Gas Cost Adjustment Billing Factors (GCABFs) and the California Alternate Rate for Energy (CARE) Surcharge component of base rates for non-CARE customers.

SCE’s current and revised GCABFs and CARE Surcharge for Catalina Island are listed below:

GCABFs and CARE Surcharge for Catalina Island
Base Rates GCABF Rate Prior to March 1, 2011 GCABF Rate as of March 1, 2011
Domestic Baseline Service 1.77663 2.42003
Domestic Non-Baseline Service 1.78870 2.54149
Other Than Domestic Service 2.07911 2.86429
CARE Surcharge 0.06182 0.08516

The total Energy component of the gas rate schedule will increase.

Customer Impacts

Overall, the average residential customer’s bill will increase 22%. The actual impact on customer’s bills will vary, depending upon their energy use.

Average Gas Consumption (Therms) Average Increase
Winter 20 $13.00 18%
Summer 14 $9.00 16%

Learn about January 1, 2011 Rate Changes

If you have any questions, please contact:

Business Rates

SCE Business Center
(800) 990-7788
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Saturday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Residential Rates

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