Background

When California deregulated the energy market in 1997, many Californians switched to alternative energy providers. Following the energy crisis of 2000-01, consumer choice of electricity providers was suspended. As a response to the closing of the open market, Assembly Bill 117 was passed in 2002 to establish Community Choice Aggregation (CCA), which offers an opportunity

Energy for Palmdale’s Independent Choice will launch on October 1st, 2022 for all residential and municipal accounts. Following this initial phase, EPIC will be rolled out to all energy customers citywide on March 1, 2023.