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Southern California Edison in California: programs for its customers

Southern California Edison (SCE) delivers electricity across much of southern California.

Programs from Southern California Edison

The program list for Southern California Edison is being verified, and nothing appears here until it has been checked against its source.

Programs and rules that apply across California are on the California page.

Figures for California

These describe California as a whole. They are not Southern California Edison's own rates or customers.

What electricity costs
32.79 cents per kWhAverage residential price in California, 2025-06 to 2026-05. The price is up 54.4% over five years.Source: EIA Form 861M, trailing 12 months to 2026-05
Energy cost against income
5.99% of incomeAverage household energy spending in California, as a share of median household income, 2024.Source: BEA Regional accounts; Census Bureau American Community Survey 1-year estimates; EIA State Energy Data System, 2024
Rooftop solar
926.7 watts per householdResidential small-scale solar capacity in California, divided by its households, 2024.Source: Census Bureau American Community Survey 1-year estimates; EIA Form 861M small-scale solar, 2024

Grid operator

Southern California Edison sits in California Independent System Operator (CAISO).

Wholesale prices through the day

Wholesale electricity costs more at some hours than at others. The chart averages a year of day-ahead prices, the prices a grid's market sets the day before, for each hour of the day.

Average day-ahead wholesale price by hour of dayIn CAISO the dearest hours over the last year were 7, 8 and 9 pm Pacific time.Dollars per megawatt-hour$0$10$20$30$40$5012 am3 am6 am9 am12 pm3 pm6 pm9 pmHour of day, Pacific time
Average day-ahead wholesale price by hour of day, August 1, 2025 to July 31, 2026, CAISO OASIS. Wholesale, not your bill.

In CAISO the dearest hours over the last year were 7, 8 and 9 pm Pacific time.

Work you can get done

Installers

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Sources

  • Southern California Edison
  • Figures: BEA Regional accounts
  • Figures: Census Bureau American Community Survey 1-year estimates
  • Figures: EIA Form 861M
  • Figures: EIA Form 861M small-scale solar
  • Figures: EIA State Energy Data System