There is no charge for opting out of Energy for Palmdale’s Independent Choice (EPIC) before or within the first 60 days of service. After the first 60 days of service, Southern California Edison will charge a one-time administrative fee to make the switch. That fee is $0.47, as of August 2022, and any adjustments to that
The Palmdale City Council governs Energy for Palmdale’s Independent Choice. The program is administered by City staff.
All customers within the Palmdale city limits are covered by Energy for Palmdale’s Independent Choice service area.
No. Southern California Edison continues to provide all electric delivery, billing, and power line maintenance. Energy for Palmdale’s Independent Choice only replaces the electric generation services providing renewable energy content at competitive rates.
Energy for Palmdale’s Independent Choice provides electric generation, which is the source of your power, while Southern California Edison continues to provide electric delivery and billing services just as they always have. Southern California Edison still owns and reads your electric meter, sends your monthly bill, and provides the same maintenance and other repair services
To participate in Energy for Palmdale’s Independent Choice, your service address must be within the city limits of the City of Palmdale.
To put it simply, we provide clean electricity, and Southern California Edison delivers it. In more detail, we supply green power to homes and businesses while our partner, Southern California Edison, continues to do the billing, delivers the energy, maintains the power lines, and handles all new service requests and emergencies.
Energy for Palmdale’s Independent Choice was formed in 2019 and will begin serving customers in 2022.
Energy for Palmdale’s Independent Choice (EPIC) is the City of Palmdale’s new, locally controlled electricity provider designed exclusively for the Palmdale community. As a municipal service, we are proud to offer electric rates that provide our customers with green energy at competitive rates compared to Southern California Edison (SCE). We provide the energy for you,
Electric customers in the City of Palmdale will be enrolled in Energy for Palmdale’s Independent Choice starting in October 2022 unless they choose to opt out. Those customers enrolled will have 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 will charge a one-time