King City Community Power or PG&E: what a household pays beta
King City Community Power buys the electricity; PG&E delivers it and sends the bill. Pick your city, rate plan and usage to see the official comparison of a typical bill on each King City Community Power product and on PG&E, with an estimate for your own usage.
Every plan on the official comparison
The typical monthly bill printed on the comparison for each residential rate plan, and the difference from PG&E (red: more, blue: less).
King City
PG&E–King City Community Power joint rate comparison: Rates current as of January 1, 2026 · Rates current as of March 1, 2026. Source (fetched 2026-10-20).
| Plan | Typical use | PG&E | King City Community Power default |
|---|---|---|---|
| E-1 Tiered · sheet: E-1 | 275 kWh | $117.69 | $116.06 −1.4% |
| E-1 CARE Tiered · sheet: E-1L | 326 kWh | $75.85 | $73.92 −2.5% |
| E-TOU-C Time-of-use, peak 4–9 pm every day · sheet: E-TOU C | 289 kWh | $119.96 | $118.33 −1.4% |
| E-TOU-C CARE Time-of-use, peak 4–9 pm every day · sheet: E-TOU CL | 302 kWh | $68.14 | $66.43 −2.5% |
Why the bills differ
The delivery part of the bill goes to PG&E whichever provider you choose. What differs is the price of the power itself and the exit fee (the Power Charge Indifference Adjustment, PCIA): a charge on CCA customers for power contracts the utility signed before they left, set by the CPUC each year by the year the customer's community left (its “vintage”). How it moved since 2018, by utility and vintage: the exit fee by year.
Time-of-use, peak 4–9 pm every day (E-TOU-C), King City Community Power: the power price is 6.93¢ a kWh against PG&E's 12.15¢ (5.22¢ lower). The exit fee and franchise fee (PCIA/FF) is 3.74¢ for King City Community Power customers and −0.92¢ for PG&E customers (4.66¢ more). Delivery is the same. Net: −0.56¢ a kWh, or −$1.63 on the typical 289 kWh bill (−1.4%).
Time-of-use, peak 4–9 pm every day (E-TOU-C), CARE, King City Community Power: the power price is 7.03¢ a kWh against PG&E's 12.25¢ (5.22¢ lower). The exit fee and franchise fee (PCIA/FF) is 3.74¢ for King City Community Power customers and −0.92¢ for PG&E customers (4.66¢ more). Delivery is the same. Net: −0.57¢ a kWh, or −$1.71 on the typical 302 kWh bill (−2.5%).
The difference over time
Every comparison found from 2021 on, most of them from archived copies (utilities overwrite these sheets in place).
| Rates as of | Plan | Utility bill | Products (vs the utility) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1, 2026 King City | E-1 · 275 kWh | $117.69 | King City Community Power default $116.06 −1.4% | source |
| January 1, 2026 King City | E-1 · 267 kWh | $106.12 | King City Community Power default $104.54 −1.5% | source |
| September 1, 2025 King City | E-1 · 267 kWh | $111.70 | King City Community Power default $111.70 0.0% | source |
| March 1, 2025 King City | E-1 · 267 kWh | $114.20 | King City Community Power default $114.20 0.0% | source |
| January 1, 2025 King City | E-1 · 267 kWh | $112.48 | King City Community Power default $112.48 0.0% | source |
| June 1, 2024 King City | E-TOU-C · 322 kWh | $143.74 | King City Community Power default $143.74 0.0% | source |
| April 1, 2024 King City | E-1 · 303 kWh | $136.96 | King City Community Power default $136.95 0.0% | source |
| March 2022 King City | E-1 · 313 kWh | $103.72 | King City Community Power default $83.35 −19.6% | source |
| May 1, 2021 King City | E-1 · 403 kWh | $112.09 | King City Community Power default $111.55 −0.5% | source |
Your options
Switch to another King City Community Power product
King City Community Power does not publish a page for this; contact King City Community Power.
Return to PG&E
King City Community Power: opt out · 1-833-888-KING (5464).
“You will not be charged any fees by KCCP for opting out or opting back in if you reconsider and want to return to KCCP service.” source
“Absolutely! Customers who opt out before or within 2 months of the KCCP service start may return at any time. Please note, if you opt out after 2 months of service start, PG&E will prohibit you from opting back in to KCCP for one year.” source
PG&E's rules for returning customers
After 60 days: six months’ notice: “Former Bundled Service Customers that have been Automatically Enrolled in CCA Service returning to bundled service after the Follow-up Notification Period must provide the CCA with a six (6) month advance notice and are subject to the terms and conditions of Bundled Portfolio Service (BPS) as set forth below.” source
Or return at once: “Alternatively, customers have the ability to return immediately (at or about the next scheduled meter read) to Utility service and receive Transitional Bundled Service (TBS) commodity pricing terms as set forth in PG&E Schedule TBCC and be subject to the provisions and applicable charges of the CCA Cost Responsibility Surcharge as set forth in Schedule CCA-CRS for 6 months after returning to utility service.” source
Then a minimum stay: “Customers receiving this service make a one-year commitment and shall not be allowed to return to CCA service until their one-year minimum period has been completed. ... In the event a customer receives service under TBS during the six-month advance notice period, the time served under TBS shall apply toward the one-year BPS commitment.” source
Re-entry fee: “b. CUSTOMER RE-ENTRY This charge is imposed on the customer. This fee covers the cost of processing customer requests to switch back to PG&E Bundled Service after the Opt-Out period has expired. Fee ... $4.24 account” source
Member cities and their default product
The default product is the one a city's customers are enrolled in unless they choose another; where a CCA offers several, each member city's council chooses it. Every city's default and the council decisions behind it.
| City | Default product | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| King City | King City Community Power since 2018-07-02 (CCA service start per cca_members.csv | source |
King City Community Power in the CCA money pages: finances, credit ratings, money returned to customers, and money between King City Community Power and its member city governments. · Every CCA