WestLight Energy or PG&E: what a household pays beta
WestLight Energy buys the electricity for 21 member cities; 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 WestLight Energy 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).
All WestLight Energy customers
PG&E–WestLight Energy joint rate comparison: PG&E rates utilize the 2025 PCIA vintage and rates are current as of July 2026 · WestLight Energy rates utilize the 2016 PCIA vintage and rates are current as of July 2026. Source (fetched 2026-10-20).
| Plan | Typical use | PG&E | ECOplus default | ECO100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E-1 Tiered · sheet: E-1 | 374 kWh | $156.31 | $154.10 −1.4% | $157.84 +1.0% |
| E-1 CARE Tiered · sheet: E-1L | 410 kWh | $95.28 | $92.86 −2.5% | $96.96 +1.8% |
| E-TOU-C Time-of-use, peak 4–9 pm every day · sheet: E-TOU C | 379 kWh | $153.69 | $151.58 −1.4% | $155.37 +1.1% |
| E-TOU-C CARE Time-of-use, peak 4–9 pm every day · sheet: E-TOU CL | 341 kWh | $77.21 | $75.30 −2.5% | $78.71 +1.9% |
| E-TOU-D Time-of-use, peak 5–8 pm weekdays · sheet: ETOU D | 764 kWh | $294.21 | $289.75 −1.5% | $297.39 +1.1% |
| E-TOU-D CARE Time-of-use, peak 5–8 pm weekdays · sheet: ETOU DL | 603 kWh | $138.61 | $135.09 −2.5% | $141.12 +1.8% |
| E-ELEC Electric home · sheet: E-ELEC | 1,084 kWh | $377.53 | $372.49 −1.3% | $383.33 +1.5% |
| E-ELEC CARE Electric home · sheet: E-ELECL | 919 kWh | $191.12 | $186.85 −2.2% | $196.04 +2.6% |
| EV2-A Electric vehicle · sheet: EV2- A | 788 kWh | $254.10 | $250.11 −1.6% | $257.99 +1.5% |
| EV2-A CARE Electric vehicle · sheet: EV2-AL | 762 kWh | $139.86 | $136.05 −2.7% | $143.68 +2.7% |
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), ECOplus: the power price is 6.84¢ a kWh against PG&E's 12.06¢ (5.22¢ lower). The exit fee and franchise fee (PCIA/FF) is 3.75¢ for WestLight Energy customers and −0.92¢ for PG&E customers (4.66¢ more). Delivery is the same. Net: −0.56¢ a kWh, or −$2.11 on the typical 379 kWh bill (−1.4%).
Time-of-use, peak 4–9 pm every day (E-TOU-C), CARE, ECOplus: the power price is 6.89¢ a kWh against PG&E's 12.12¢ (5.22¢ lower). The exit fee and franchise fee (PCIA/FF) is 3.75¢ for WestLight Energy customers and −0.92¢ for PG&E customers (4.66¢ more). Delivery is the same. Net: −0.56¢ a kWh, or −$1.91 on the typical 341 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2026 San Mateo County (agency renamed WestLight Energy) | E-1 · 374 kWh | $156.31 | ECOplus default $154.10 −1.4% ECO100 $157.84 +1.0% | source |
| PG&E January 2026 / CCA February 2026 San Mateo County | E-1 · 385 kWh | $158.53 | ECOplus default $153.97 −2.9% ECO100 $157.82 −0.4% | source |
| PG&E September 2025 / CCA March 2025 San Mateo County | E-1 · 385 kWh | $166.90 | ECOplus default $160.91 −3.6% ECO100 $166.68 −0.1% | source |
| March 2025 San Mateo County | E-1 · 385 kWh | $170.63 | ECOplus default $164.64 −3.5% ECO100 $170.41 −0.1% | source |
| PG&E October 2024 / CCA August 2024 San Mateo County | E-1 · 385 kWh | $168.65 | ECOplus default $165.64 −1.8% ECO100 $169.49 +0.5% | source |
| April 2024 San Mateo County | E-1 · 385 kWh | $178.98 | ECOplus default $171.08 −4.4% ECO100 $174.94 −2.3% | source |
| April 2024 Los Banos | E-1 · 569 kWh | $261.90 | ECOplus default $238.81 −8.8% ECO100 $244.51 −6.6% | source |
| January 2023 San Mateo County | E-1 · 388 kWh | $137.31 | ECOplus default $134.28 −2.2% ECO100 $138.16 +0.6% | source |
| January 2023 Los Banos | E-1 · 623 kWh | $220.57 | ECOplus default $215.70 −2.2% ECO100 $221.93 +0.6% | source |
| PG&E June 2022 / CCA July 2022 San Mateo County | E-1 · 399 kWh | $137.48 | ECOplus default $134.45 −2.2% ECO100 $138.44 +0.7% | source |
| PG&E June 2022 / CCA July 2022 Los Banos (joined 2022) | E-1 · 618 kWh | $211.50 | ECOplus default $206.81 −2.2% ECO100 $212.99 +0.7% | source |
| March 2022 San Mateo County | E-1 · 386 kWh | $132.90 | ECOplus default $129.99 −2.2% ECO100 $133.85 +0.7% | source |
| March 2021 San Mateo County | E-1 · 484 kWh | $138.13 | ECOplus default $135.37 −2.0% ECO100 $140.21 +1.5% | source |
| March 2021 San Mateo County | E-TOU-C · 675 kWh | $201.67 | ECOplus default $197.96 −1.8% ECO100 $204.71 +1.5% | source |
| January 2021 San Mateo County | E-1 · 452 kWh | $125.11 | ECOplus default $122.58 −2.0% ECO100 $127.10 +1.6% | source |
Your options
Switch to another WestLight Energy product
Web form (embedded) or phone 1-866-966-0110. WestLight Energy: change your product.
Return to PG&E
WestLight Energy: opt out · (866) 966-0110.
“Please be advised that if you do opt out and return to PG&E, you will not have the option to return to WestLight Energy for a full year and will be subject to PG&E's terms and conditions of service. For information on PG&E's terms and conditions visit pge.com/cca-faq” 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atherton | ECOplus | source | |
| Belmont | ECOplus | source | |
| Brisbane | ECOplus | source | |
| Burlingame | ECOplus | source | |
| Colma | ECOplus | source | |
| Daly City | ECOplus | source | |
| East Palo Alto | ECOplus | source | |
| Foster City | ECOplus | source | |
| Half Moon Bay | ECOplus | source | |
| Hillsborough | ECOplus | source | |
| Los Banos | ECOplus | source | |
| Menlo Park | ECOplus | source | |
| Millbrae | ECOplus | source | |
| Pacifica | ECOplus | source | |
| Portola Valley | ECO100 | source | |
| Redwood City | ECOplus | source | |
| San Bruno | ECOplus | source | |
| San Carlos | ECOplus | source | |
| San Mateo | ECOplus | source | |
| South San Francisco | ECOplus | source | |
| Woodside | ECOplus | source |
WestLight Energy in the CCA money pages: finances, credit ratings, money returned to customers, and money between WestLight Energy and its member city governments. · Every CCA