Electric customers in the City of Palmdale were enrolled in Energy for Palmdale’s Independent Choice starting in October 2022 unless they chose to opt out. Those customers enrolled had the opportunity to opt out within 60 days of the enrollment date with no penalty. After the first 60 days of service, Southern California Edison charged a one-time administrative fee to make the switch. That fee was $0.47 as of August 2022, and any adjustments to that fee were set by SCE and approved by the CPUC. After the 60-day enrollment period, if customers chose to return to SCE service immediately, Southern California Edison (SCE)’s transitional rates and customer responsibility surcharge applied for a 6-month period. Customers could also choose to provide SCE with a 6-month Advanced Notice of their return. Under this option, generation service continued to be provided by EPIC for a period of 6 months. After the 6-month waiting period, accounts were transitioned back to SCE’s bundled service rates. With the 6-month advance notice, the transitional bundled rates and customer responsibility surcharge did not apply.

Under either option, customers could apply to opt back into EPIC at any time but might be put on a waiting list in the event of a large number of return requests in that time period.

As an Energy for Palmdale’s Independent Choice customer, you may choose to switch between our two product offerings, EPIC Power and 100% renewable EPIC Power100, at any time.