LOS ANGELES – Millions of Southern California households will see automatic savings on their energy bills over the next two months.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Southern California Edison is applying a $72 credit directly to customer accounts throughout August and September, offering some relief just as summer heat drives up air conditioning use.<\/p>\n
What we know:<\/p>\n
Eligible SCE residential customers are receiving two $36 credits automatically on their August and September bill statements in 2026 without needing to take any action.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The California Public Utilities Commission intentionally shifted the timing of the annual payout to peak summer months to cushion high cooling costs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The relief builds on a broader rate decline for SCE customers, with average rates down 4.3% compared to December 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Additional rate decreases are anticipated later this year, and utility officials project that future rate updates will track at or below local inflation through 2030.<\/p>\n
What we don’t know:<\/p>\n
It’s unclear exactly when individual households will see the credit, as billing cycles vary across the utility’s service territory and some statements may reflect the adjustment in the following month.<\/p>\n
The exact percentage of the secondary rate decrease scheduled for later in 2026 has not yet been revealed.<\/p>\n
Timeline:<\/p>\n
Residential customers will see the first $36 credit phase in August, followed by the second $36 installment in September.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Small business customers maintain their standard payout timeline with credits scheduled for April and October, while industrial facilities received their annual Industry Assistance Credit earlier in April.<\/p>\n
What’s next:<\/p>\n
SCE plans to introduce further rate adjustments later in the year aimed at reducing customer costs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Residential consumers can access ongoing assistance programs, including Time-of-Use plans, rate comparison tools, and low-income discount programs like California Alternate Rates for Energy on the SCE website.<\/a><\/p>\n What you can do:<\/p>\n Residential customers do not need to submit applications or contact SCE to claim the credit, as it applies automatically to billing statements during the August and September cycles.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Source: This report is based on information provided by Southern California Edison.<\/p>\n Money<\/a>Los Angeles County<\/a>Riverside County<\/a>Orange County<\/a>San Bernardino County<\/a>Ventura County<\/a>Inland Empire<\/a>Instastories<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES – Millions of Southern California households will see automatic savings on their energy bills over the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444987,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1184,7,9,8,5519,2444,137,4263,100,611,612,5518,425,1181,1226],"class_list":["post-444986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-ie","tag-instastories","tag-los-angeles-county","tag-money","tag-news","tag-orange-county","tag-riverside-county","tag-san-bernardino-county","tag-series","tag-us","tag-ventura-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}