Utility bills can be confusing, and we are here to help.

Energy for Palmdale’s Independent Choice (EPIC) and Southern California Edison (SCE) partner to generate and deliver electricity to our community. SCE will still send your monthly bill, which will show your SCE charges for delivery, followed by your EPIC charges for electricity supply/generation. EPIC is NOT an added fee. You will receive one bill, the same as you always have. EPIC will simply replace SCE’s supply/generation charges.

If you want to know more about your bill, we invite you to review the sample bill below that explains the various charges.

  1. Customer Account Number
    • This SCE account number is needed to opt up Opt Up to EPIC Power100 service or to opt out and return to SCE.
  2. Southern California Edison (SCE) service account number
  3. Energy for Palmdale’s Independent Choice (EPIC) service account number
  4. Southern California Edison (SCE) electric delivery charges
    • This is SCE’s charge for the delivery of electricity. It includes transmission, distribution, and a variety of other fees. It does NOT include generation charges if you’re an EPIC customer.
  5. Energy for Palmdale’s Independent Choice (EPIC) electric generation charges
    • This is EPIC’s charge for generation – the cost of the electricity you use in your home or business.
  6. Total Amount Due
    • The Total Amount Due includes ALL of your fees for electric delivery and EPIC electricity generation services. You should pay the total amount due on your bill to SCE. By partnering with SCE to have just one bill, we keep it simpler for you.
  7. Your Rate
    • This indicates the applicable rate schedule under which you are receiving electrical generation service from EPIC.
  8. SCE Delivery Charges
    • This is a breakdown of SCE’s charges for the delivery of electricity. It includes transmission, distribution, maintenance, and a variety of other fees. It does NOT include generation charges (the cost for the energy that you used) if you’re an EPIC customer. These rates are set by SCE as approved by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).
  9. Your Delivery Charges Include
    • This is the breakdown of the Transmission, Distribution, Public Purpose Programs, taxes, and other fees required by law, including: Nuclear Decommissioning, Conservation Incentive Adjustment fees or credits, DWR Bond Charge, Competition Transition Charges (CTC), Energy Cost Recovery Amount, Taxes and Other
  10. CCA Generation Detailed Charges
    • This is a breakdown of EPIC’s electric generation charges. This rate is set by the Palmdale City Council in a public hearing.