Understanding Your CCA Bill
CCA and SDG&E Charges on Your Bill
As Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) customer, you will continue to receive your bill from SDG&E. This bill includes charges from SDG&E and your CCA provider — either San Diego Community Power (SDCP) or Clean Energy Alliance (CEA).
Your CCA bill will continue to include charges from SDG&E for electric delivery and other services that provide you with safe and reliable energy. If you receive natural gas service from SDG&E, your bill will also include costs related to natural gas service and generation.
To better understand the CCA and SDG&E charges on your monthly CCA bill, review the video and summarized sections of a sample bill below.
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- SDG&E Account Information You will need this information whenever you contact SDG&E or your Community Choice provider.
- Amount Due includes all your current and past due charges, including charges from your Community Choice provider, and corresponding payment due date.
- Summary of Current Charges shows the charges billed for electric delivery (SDG&E) in the current billing period, as well as the total electric generation charges provided by your Community Choice provider.
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4. Your Community Choice Provider name and contact information
is listed here.
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5. Detail of Current Charges provides specific details on what SDG&E charges to deliver electric energy to your home or business. This section includes:
- Electricity Generation which represents what we would have charged you if we were providing your electric generation. This amount is credited on your bill.
- The Power Charge Indifference Adjustment (PCIA) which is a charge that all SDG&E customers, including CCA customers, pay to recover costs of legacy contracts.
Not an actual bill. For illustrative purposes only.
6. Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) Electric Generation Charges is where you can find the detail of charges provided by your Community Choice provider during this billing period. For questions regarding these charges, contact your Provider.
Understanding Your Billing and Usage in My Account
You will have access to portions of your billing and usage data through SDG&E’s My Account and mobile app to help you manage and keep track of your energy use and costs. Additionally, you will still be able to view your SDG&E billing and usage history prior to your transition to your Community Choice provider.
Below are helpful highlights of your SDG&E My Account features:
1. Projected Bill will be available on your Home Page. Note that bill forecasting calculations use SDG&E electric generation costs as a proxy and do not reflect actual CCA costs. To view or download your actual bill statement, simply click on View Bill where you can choose to view or download your bill.
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2. Compare Bills on your Home Page will give you the ability to compare your monthly costs so that you can see how your energy management actions have been helping. The costs are broken down by your Provider and SDG&E charges, as well as required taxes and fees.
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3. Usage Info in your Usage dashboard provides:
- Usage view where you can see up to 13 months of usage data
- Usage history by monthly, daily or hourly view
If you are on a Time-of-Use pricing plan, you will be able to see how much energy you’ve used during your plan’s Peak periods.
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4. Notification and Alerts are helpful tools you can set in your Account view under Notifications Settings. Sign up to be notified for emergency and outage information and payment reminders, as well as energy cost and use thresholds.
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*As an SDG&E and Community Choice Aggregator (CCA) customer, your pricing plan consists of two main parts: 1) the costs associated with SDG&E’s delivery of electricity and 2) the cost of electric generation that your CCA purchases on your behalf. Because CCA’s pricing may vary, your estimated annual costs are based on SDG&E’s electric generation costs as a substitute and your past 12 months of electricity use. They do not reflect the actual CCA costs.