PG&E’s and SCE’s CARE rates currently have three tiers (as opposed to four tiers in their non-CARE rates) and both utilities provide a discount off the corresponding non-CARE volumetric rate for each tier. PG&E and SCE proposed to continue providing the CARE discount in the same manner but have proposed to redefine the CARE tier boundaries in 2015 in order to align them with non-CARE tiers (see table below). After 2015, both utilities propose to transition CARE rates to a two-tiered rate structure by 2018 on the same schedule that they have each proposed for non-CARE rates. PG&E and Proposed Change to CARE Tier Definitions in 2015 SCE’s (% of Baseline Quantity) Current CARE Tiers Proposed 2015 Care/non-CARE Tiers Tier 1 0-100% 0-100% Tier 2 100-130% 100-200% Tier 3 Over 130% Over 200% SDG&E’s current CARE rate is structured differently from the rate structures of the other two IOUs. SDG&E’s CARE volumetric rate is provided at a discount off the corresponding non-CARE rate for each tier (similar to PG&E and SCE), but, in addition to discounted volumetric rates, SDG&E’s CARE rate also includes a flat 20% discount off of energy charges. Unlike PG&E and SCE, SDG&E proposed to simplify its CARE rate structure by removing the discount from volumetric rates (with the exclusion of the exemption from DWR-BC, CSI and CARE charges) and providing it as a line-item discount off a bill calculated at standard rates, beginning in 2015. SDG&E argues that by providing the CARE discount as a line-item bill discount, “all tiers will receive a more equitable discount level and more accurate information regarding the costs associated with their electricity demand.”
PG&E’s and SCE’s CARE rates currently have three tiers (as opposed to four tiers in their non-CARE rates) and both utilities provide a discount off the corresponding non-CARE volumetric rate for each tier. PG&E and SCE proposed to continue providing the CARE discount in the same manner but have proposed to redefine the CARE tier boundaries in 2015 in order to align them with non-CARE tiers (see table below). After 2015, both utilities propose to transition CARE rates to a two-tiered rate structure by 2018 on the same schedule that they have each proposed for non-CARE rates. PG&E and SCE’s Proposed Change to CARE Tier Definitions in 2015 (% of Baseline Quantity) Current CARE Tiers Proposed 2015 Care/non-CARE Tiers Tier 1 0-100% 0-100% Tier 2 100-130% 100-200% Tier 3 Over 130% Over 200% SDG&E’s current CARE rate is structured differently from the rate structures of the other two IOUs. SDG&E’s CARE volumetric rate is provided at a discount off the corresponding non-CARE rate for each tier (similar to PG&E and SCE), but, in addition to discounted volumetric rates, SDG&E’s CARE rate also includes a flat 20% discount off of energy charges. Unlike PG&E and SCE, SDG&E proposed to simplify its CARE rate structure by removing the discount from volumetric rates (with the exclusion of the exemption from DWR-BC, CSI and CARE charges) and providing it as a line-item discount off a bill calculated at standard rates, beginning in 2015. SDG&E argues that by providing the CARE discount as a line-item bill discount, “all tiers will receive a more equitable discount level and more accurate information regarding the costs associated with their electricity demand.”