EBCE is a local not-for-profit public agency, which means all of our board meetings are open to the public and net revenues are reinvested in our communities to create local jobs, innovative energy programs and clean power projects. ![]() EBCE offers Bright Choice at a lower rate than PG&E, Renewable 100, which is 100% renewable energy, and we have a goal of offering 100% carbon-free Bright Choice power by 2030. As an EBCE customer, you can choose your service level and electricity mix: Bright Choice or Renewable 100. While the financial benefit for EBCE’s Standard EBCE NEM customers may be similar to PG&E NEM service, EBCE provides other benefits as a local not for profit public agency. It is important to note that customers who do not receive a Generation Credit on their bill are still saving 1% compared to PG&E rates if they are on EBCE’s Bright Choice service. If these customers are interested in comparing their EBCE charges to what they would have paid PG&E for generation service, they can calculate a “proxy” Generation Credit by multiplying their monthly kWh consumption times the generation rate(s) in their PG&E rate schedule (available here ). These accounts are not charged by the kilowatt-hour for electric delivery service, they are charged a daily fee instead.These customers do not pay a fully-bundled retail cost per kilowatt-hour, and are never charged by PG&E for generation service, so there is no need for PG&E to issue a kWh-based Generation Credit. ![]() These customers pay PG&E’s Minimum Delivery Charge instead of paying per kWh for PG&E electric delivery service. In two cases customers do not see a Generation Credit: solar net energy metered accounts, and customers who use minimal amounts of electricity. EBCE provides the generation service, and our charges replace that Generation Credit. Then for EBCE customers they remove the cost of generation service from that total, and issue that amount as a Generation Credit. The Generation Credit appears because PG&E first charges customers the fully-bundled retail cost per kilowatt-hour, which includes transmission, distribution, generation, fees, taxes, etc. ![]() Most EBCE customers see a Generation Credit on their PG&E bill each month (usually on page 3), showing what they would have paid PG&E for generation service. What’s most important to know is that EBCE’s rates-including the PCIA charge-will still be competitive with PG&E’s rates. That difference is charged to EBCE customers under the guidance of the California Public Utilities Commission. Right now, contracted electricity generated by natural gas or renewable sources is selling for less than what PG&E paid for it. So PG&E sells the excess power on the open market. When customers switch to EBCE, PG&E needs to provide less electricity but still has to pay for the amount of power in its long-term contracts. Recently, however, the cost of natural gas, has been going down. The price is locked in, which is good when the cost of generating electricity is rising as one might expect over a long time period. It bought power based on the number of customers it serves. ![]() PG&E has various long-term contracts for buying electricity for its customers some are as long as 20 years. That’s the Power Charge Indifference Adjustment or PCIA, sometimes called an “exit fee.” It will appear on your bill as a separate line item under the PG&E Electric Delivery Charges.
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