PG&E has increased rates for all customers to support their poles and wires (T&D). This affects Pioneer and non-Pioneer customers equally â everyoneâs rates will go up the exact same dollar amount.
Donât be misled. We guarantee that Pioneerâs savings over PG&E have not changed. Calculate your savings in El Dorado and Placer County.
The number one priority for Pioneer Community Energy in El Dorado County is offering competitive and stable electricity generation rates for your home, and we are delivering. Most El Dorado County residential customers will experience savings of more than 19 percent on their bills in 2023.
Pioneer has developed a tool to assist most of our customers in understanding their monthly and annual savings by choosing Pioneer. All of our residential customers on an E1 rate will find that this calculator can quickly show their energy savings. This calculator reflects only E1 rates, so please reach out if you canât find your rate plan or are on a different rate plan.
This calculator is for the vintage year 2021. Customers with a 2021 Power Charge Indifference Adjustment (PCIA), also called an âExit Fee,â can quickly see the difference in savings between PG&E and Pioneer Community Energy rates. To verify your vintage year, please look at your bill. If your vintage year is different or you canât find your vintage year, please contact Pioneer for an individualized rate analysis.
Simply enter your monthly kWh usage (from your bill) into our rate calculator below and compare PG&E generation costs versus the Pioneer generation rate PLUS the appropriate PCIA. The savings youâll achieve by choosing Pioneer will be obvious. You can also calculate savings yourself using the manual rate calculator.
If you have a more nuanced rate structure, call or email Pioneer for assistance instead of using the calculator.
Enter your information in our Rates Comparison Calculator to see how much you could save with Pioneer Community Energy.Â
The chart below reviews PG&E’s increase in PCIA fees year over year. To learn more about how the PCIA fee works, please visit Understanding Your Residential PCIA Fee.
| Rate | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
E1/TOUC |
$(0.00397) |
$0.01309 |
$0.01309 |
The rate table above was updated on January 3, 2023.Â
*For customers at a different rate tariff, please go to PG&E’s Rate Tariff Webpage.
Please take into consideration all the data when evaluating your energy options and the pending financial impacts of your energy choices.
For more information, please review Pioneer’s residential rate sheets.
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Should you have questions regarding power generation rates, PCIA fees or your electric utility bill, please contact your Pioneer customer service team by email at info@pioneercommunityenergy.org or call our offices at (916) 758-8969. Weâll be happy to help with your power and your choice.
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Pioneer issued checks to solar customers with a cumulative net surplus of energy (known as Net Surplus Generators) during May for the March/April billing period if their credit balance (calculated at the Net Surplus Compensation Rate) for the past 12 months exceeded $25.00. Credit balances of less than $25.00 were rolled forward and applied to the next bill.
A few of our clients have contacted us to confirm the check’s authenticity. Rest assured, it is indeed real! If you receive a Blue or Orange check from Bill.com with a reference to Pioneer, it is safe to deposit.Â
We take pride in helping our solar customers save; Pioneer pays $.005 (1/2 cent) per kWh more than PG&E for any over-production sold back to the grid (Net Surplus Compensation Rate or NSC).Â
