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Power Charge Indifference Adjustment (PCIA)
The Power Charge Indifference Adjustment (PCIA) is a fee charged by investor-owned utilities (like PG&E and SCE) to all energy customers, including those who receive their electricity generation from a Community Choice Aggregator (CCA) like 3CE. It is collected by and paid directly to your delivery utility, not 3CE.
The fee is set annually by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). It is designed to ensure that customers who switch to a CCA cover the costs of long-term power contracts that the traditional utility purchased on their behalf before they switched. Because the inputs used to calculate the fee change constantly, the amount can vary significantly from year to year.
The CPUC updated the calculation method for the PCIA. As a result of this regulatory change, 3CE customers began seeing higher PCIA fees on the PG&E or SCE portions of their monthly bills starting January 1, 2026.
3CE has officially joined CalCCA (California Community Choice Association) in objecting to how the new calculation was implemented. We continue to actively advocate at the state level to protect our customers from unpredictable fee increases.
