Understanding Your Bill

Although LE will become your energy provider, your bill will look much as it has in the past.

We’ve partnered with SCE to continue maintaining lines, starting and stopping power service and handling all billing. LE’s job is to buy cleaner power and fill their lines with it. That means you will continue to get just one bill each month for your electricity. Only the line(s) which address power generation will change.

Once LE service starts for your business or residence, the line item for power generation on your SCE bill will be replaced by an LE charge for cleaner power.
SCE will stop charging for generation but will continue to charge for the energy delivery services (typically referred to as “transmission and distribution”) and various regulatory fees. Because SCE and LE both provide separate electric services, your one bill will include charges from both SCE and LE.

If you want to know more about your bill, we invite you to review the sample bill below that explains the various charges:

1. Customer Account Number

This SCE account number is needed to opt up to Smart Choice service or to opt out and return to SCE.

2. Southern California Edison (SCE) service account number

3. Lancaster Energy (LE) service account number

4. Southern California Edison (SCE) electric delivery charges

This is SCE’s charge for the delivery of electricity. It includes transmission, distribution, and a variety of other fees. It does NOT include generation charges if you’re an LCE customer.

5. Lancaster Energy (LE) electric generation charges

This is LE’s charge for generation – the cost of the electricity you use in your home or business.

6. Total Amount Due

The Total Amount Due includes ALL of your fees for electric delivery and LE electricity generation services. You should pay the total amount due on your bill to SCE. By partnering with SCE to have just one bill, we keep it simpler for you.

7. Your Rate

This indicates the applicable rate schedule under which you are receiving electrical generation service from LE

8. SCE Delivery Charges

This is a breakdown of SCE’s charges for the delivery of electricity. It includes transmission, distribution, maintenance, and a variety of other fees. It does NOT include generation charges (the cost for the energy that you used) if you’re an LE customer. These rates are set by SCE as approved by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).

9. Your Delivery Charges Include

This is the breakdown of the Transmission, Distribution, Public Purpose Programs, taxes, and other fees required by law, including: Nuclear Decommissioning, Conservation Incentive Adjustment fees or credits, DWR Bond Charge, Competition Transition Charges (CTC), Energy Cost Recovery Amount, Taxes and Other.

10. CCA Generation Detailed Charges

This is a breakdown of Lancaster Energy’s electric generation charges. This rate is set by the Lancaster City Council in a public hearing.