The PCIA is a Commission-approved charge that was developed to address the potential for cost shifting when bundled customers switch to unbundled direct access service. As described in D.11-12-018, the PCIA is a “nonbypassable surcharge which direct access (DA) customers pay to offset any cost impacts on bundled customers associated with their departure from or return to bundled service.” The methodology for calculating the PCIA was last set forth in D.1112018. The indifference amount is updated annually in each IOU’s Energy Resource Recovery Account (ERRA) proceeding. The PCIA is “vintaged” for individual ratepayers based on the year the customer left bundled service. As proposed by the IOUs, when a customer signs up for the GTSR Program, he or she would be subject to the then-current PCIA charge for that vintage year. Customers who enroll in different years could see different PCIA charges. Each vintage PCIA can change from year to year. For the period beginning July 2014, PG&E’s residential PCIA was set at approximately 1.1 cents/kWh. SDG&E does not currently have a residential PCIA. For illustrative purposes SDG&E estimated a PCIA of 0.017 cents/kWh for GTSR customers. SCE proposes an indifference amount that includes the vintage PCIA and the Competitive Transition Charge (CTC). PG&E and SDG&E collect the CTC outside of the customer generation charge and therefore have not specifically addressed how to include it in the generation charge for GTSR customers. SCE, however, collects the CTC from customers at the same time and by the same process as the PCIA. Thus, the GTSR indifference amount calculated by SCE should include both the PCIA and CTC. All three IOUs are directed to describe in their CSIAL how the CTC will apply to their GTSR customers.
The PCIA is a Commission-approved charge that was developed to address the potential for cost shifting when bundled customers switch to unbundled direct access service. As described in D.11-12-018, the PCIA is a “nonbypassable surcharge which direct access (DA) customers pay to offset any cost impacts on bundled customers associated with their departure from or return to bundled service.” The methodology for calculating the PCIA was last set forth in D.1112018. The indifference amount is updated annually in each IOU’s Energy Resource Recovery Account (ERRA) proceeding. The PCIA is “vintaged” for individual ratepayers based on the year the customer left bundled service. As proposed by the IOUs, when a customer signs up for the GTSR Program, he or she would be subject to the then-current PCIA charge for that vintage year. Customers who enroll in different years could see different PCIA charges. Each vintage PCIA can change from year to year. For the period beginning July 2014, PG&E’s residential PCIA was set at approximately 1.1 cents/kWh. SDG&E does not currently have a residential PCIA. For illustrative purposes SDG&E estimated a PCIA of 0.017 cents/kWh for GTSR customers. SCE proposes an indifference amount that includes the vintage PCIA and the Competitive Transition Charge (CTC). PG&E and SDG&E collect the CTC outside of the customer generation charge and therefore have not specifically addressed how to include it in the generation charge for GTSR customers. SCE, however, collects the CTC from customers at the same time and by the same process as the PCIA. Thus, the GTSR indifference amount calculated by SCE should include both the PCIA and CTC. All three IOUs are directed to describe in their CSIAL how the CTC will apply to their GTSR customers.
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