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Understanding Your Bill

Clean Power Alliance (CPA) knows that utility bills can be confusing. We are here to help make things easier.

Your electricity bill consists of charges from both CPA and Southern California Edison (SCE) as well as state required charges and taxes.

CPA charges on your bill are for the clean energy that we purchase on behalf of our customers — this is called a generation charge. 

  • The cost on your bill reflects the specific energy option you have selected: 100% Green Power (100% renewable energy), Clean Power (50% clean energy) or Lean Power (40% clean energy). 

  • All electricity purchased for you or your business comes from CPA.

Your monthly electric bill is sent to you by Southern California Edison (SCE). CPA does not own or operate the infrastructure that delivers electricity to you.

  • The bill includes the CPA generation charges AND SCE’s charges for delivery of electricity to you. 


  • All customers pay the same delivery charges to SCE no matter who supplies your energy.

Sample Bill

This sample bill is representative of a residential customer on the domestic time of use rate and does not reflect specific customer data or all customer rate options. If you have questions about your rates, please contact CPA customer service for assistance.

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Customer Account

Your customer account number. Your customer account may include one or more individual service accounts or meters.
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Summary of Your Billing Detail

This section summarizes the SCE delivery charges (noted with “SCE" under Your rate) and the CPA generation charges for each of your service accounts/addresses. CPA charges are not an additional charge — they simply replace the generation charges that SCE would have billed if you were a bundled SCE customer (a customer receiving both generation and delivery from SCE).
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Your Cost Varies

This section shows how much energy you used at different times of the day. Electricity prices are typically lower during the day and overnight, and higher in the early evening.
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Electricity Usage

The bar chart shows the amount of energy you used in this annual period. If your bill has gone up or down significantly, check to see if this may be due to changes in your usage.
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Delivery Charges (SCE)

SCE’s charges for the delivery of electricity. They include the cost of moving energy from the grid to your home or business and maintaining the electric lines, are paid by all electricity customers, and are exactly the same even if you get your supply/generation from CPA. Prices may vary by season (Winter and Summer). Around June and October, your bill may reflect usage and charges for both the end of one season and the beginning of the next.
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CCA (Community Choice Aggregation) Cost Responsibility Surcharge

Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) charges are surcharges paid by all CCA electricity customers. The DWR Bond Charge¹ and CTC (Competition Transition Charge)² are legacy charges related to the cost of deregulation of the California electricity system in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The PCIA, or Power Charge Indifference Adjustment³, reimburses SCE for above-market energy contracts SCE entered into in the past to serve its customers, including those now served by CPA. SCE receives these funds. CPA adjusts its generation rates to account for the PCIA to keep our customers’ total bills competitive with SCE. Learn more about CPA rate options at cleanpoweralliance.org/residential-rates/
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CCA Wildfire Fund Charge

CCA wildfire fund charge (formerly known as DWR Bond Charge) and CTC (Competition Transition Charge) are state fees paid by all electricity customers. The DWR (Department of Water Resources) Bond Charge is a legacy charge to pay off bonds that were issued to rescue the California electricity system from the 2000-2001 energy crisis. It was set to expire in 2021 but was extended for another 15 years to establish a wildfire liability fund that Investor Owned Utilities like Southern California Edison (SCE) can draw upon in the event of a catastrophic event. This charge has been part of SCE customer bills since before Clean Power Alliance. The charges go to the State of California for potential disbursement to the Investor Owned Utilities if necessary.

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CCA Wildfire Fund Charge

CCA wildfire fund charge (formerly known as DWR Bond Charge) and CTC (Competition Transition Charge) are state fees paid by all electricity customers. The DWR (Department of Water Resources) Bond Charge is a legacy charge to pay off bonds that were issued to rescue the California electricity system from the 2000-2001 energy crisis. It was set to expire in 2021 but was extended for another 15 years to establish a wildfire liability fund that Investor Owned Utilities like Southern California Edison (SCE) can draw upon in the event of a catastrophic event. This charge has been part of SCE customer bills since before Clean Power Alliance. The charges go to the State of California for potential disbursement to the Investor Owned Utilities if necessary.

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