Sonoma Clean Power or PG&E: what a household pays beta
Sonoma Clean Power buys the electricity for 11 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 Sonoma Clean 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).
All Sonoma Clean Power customers
PG&E–Sonoma Clean Power joint rate comparison: PG&E Rates are current as of March 1, 2026 · SCP Rates are current as of September 1, 2026. Source (fetched 2026-10-20).
| Plan | Typical use | PG&E | CleanStart default | EverGreen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E-1 Tiered · sheet: E-1 | 417 kWh | $172.20 | $172.20 0.0% | $182.63 +6.1% |
| E-1 CARE Tiered · sheet: E-1L | 410 kWh | $95.24 | $95.24 0.0% | $105.49 +10.8% |
| E-TOU-C Time-of-use, peak 4–9 pm every day · sheet: E-TOU C | 399 kWh | $160.45 | $160.45 0.0% | $170.42 +6.2% |
| E-TOU-C CARE Time-of-use, peak 4–9 pm every day · sheet: E-TOU CL | 388 kWh | $87.33 | $87.33 0.0% | $97.03 +11.1% |
| E-TOU-D Time-of-use, peak 5–8 pm weekdays · sheet: E-TOU D The sheet does not print this usage legibly; derived as bill ÷ total rate. | 785 kWh | $301.41 | $301.41 0.0% | $321.04 +6.5% |
| E-TOU-D CARE Time-of-use, peak 5–8 pm weekdays · sheet: E-TOU D The sheet does not print this usage legibly; derived as bill ÷ total rate. | 703 kWh | $160.62 | $160.62 0.0% | $178.19 +10.9% |
| E-ELEC Electric home · sheet: E-ELEC | 1,114 kWh | $386.12 | $386.12 0.0% | $413.96 +7.2% |
| E-ELEC CARE Electric home · sheet: E-ELECL | 1,124 kWh | $232.15 | $232.15 0.0% | $260.25 +12.1% |
| EV2-A Electric vehicle · sheet: EV2-A | 780 kWh | $256.14 | $256.14 0.0% | $275.64 +7.6% |
| EV2-A CARE Electric vehicle · sheet: EV2-AL | 762 kWh | $147.75 | $147.75 0.0% | $166.81 +12.9% |
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), CleanStart: the power price is 7.47¢ a kWh against PG&E's 12.13¢ (4.66¢ lower). The exit fee and franchise fee (PCIA/FF) is 3.74¢ for Sonoma Clean Power customers and −0.92¢ for PG&E customers (4.66¢ more). Delivery is the same. Net: 0.00¢ a kWh, or $0.00 on the typical 399 kWh bill (0.0%).
Time-of-use, peak 4–9 pm every day (E-TOU-C), CARE, CleanStart: the power price is 7.50¢ a kWh against PG&E's 12.16¢ (4.66¢ lower). The exit fee and franchise fee (PCIA/FF) is 3.74¢ for Sonoma Clean Power customers and −0.92¢ for PG&E customers (4.66¢ more). Delivery is the same. Net: 0.00¢ a kWh, or $0.00 on the typical 388 kWh bill (0.0%).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PG&E March 1, 2026 / CCA September 1, 2026 Sonoma and Mendocino counties | E-1 · 417 kWh | $172.20 | CleanStart default $172.20 0.0% EverGreen $182.63 +6.1% | source |
| PG&E March 1, 2026 / CCA February 1, 2026 Sonoma and Mendocino counties | E-1 · 417 kWh | $172.20 | CleanStart default $176.94 +2.8% EverGreen $187.37 +8.8% | source |
| PG&E January 1, 2026 / CCA February 1, 2026 Sonoma and Mendocino counties | E-1 · 435 kWh | $180.33 | CleanStart default $185.26 +2.7% EverGreen $196.13 +8.8% | source |
| September 1, 2025 Sonoma and Mendocino counties | E-1 · 435 kWh | $189.84 | CleanStart default $188.95 −0.5% EverGreen $199.82 +5.3% | source |
| March 1, 2025 Sonoma and Mendocino counties | E-1 · 435 kWh | $194.08 | CleanStart default $181.87 −6.3% EverGreen $192.74 −0.7% | source |
| PG&E January 1, 2025 / CCA February 1, 2025 Sonoma and Mendocino counties | E-1 · 435 kWh | $191.16 | CleanStart default $178.95 −6.4% EverGreen $189.82 −0.7% | source |
| PG&E April 1, 2024 / CCA February 1, 2024 Sonoma and Mendocino counties | E-TOU-C · 424 kWh | $194.05 | CleanStart default $181.92 −6.3% EverGreen $192.51 −0.8% | source |
| April 1, 2024 Sonoma and Mendocino counties | E-1 · 443 kWh | $206.81 | CleanStart default $193.77 −6.3% EverGreen $204.84 −1.0% | source |
| January 1, 2023 Sonoma and Mendocino counties | E-1 · 453 kWh | $161.66 | CleanStart default $154.28 −4.6% EverGreen $165.62 +2.4% | source |
| July 1, 2022 Sonoma and Mendocino counties | E-1 · 459 kWh | $159.36 | CleanStart default $159.03 −0.2% EverGreen $170.50 +7.0% | source |
| April 1, 2022 Sonoma and Mendocino counties | E-1 · 459 kWh | $159.71 | CleanStart default $159.71 0.0% EverGreen $171.19 +7.2% | source |
| PG&E March 1, 2021 / CCA April 1, 2021 Sonoma and Mendocino counties | E-TOU-C · 497 kWh | $142.37 | CleanStart default $148.68 +4.4% EverGreen $161.11 +13.2% | source |
| April 1, 2021 Sonoma and Mendocino counties | E-1 · 506 kWh | $144.01 | CleanStart default $150.57 +4.6% EverGreen $163.22 +13.3% | source |
| January 1, 2020 (as printed) Sonoma and Mendocino counties | E-1 · 513 kWh | $140.92 | CleanStart default $147.34 +4.6% EverGreen $160.17 +13.7% | source |
Your options
Switch to another Sonoma Clean Power product
Web form ('upgrade today!' -> scp.ccaprocess.com). Sonoma Clean Power: change your product.
Return to PG&E
Sonoma Clean Power: opt out · 1 (855) 202-2139.
“There is no fee to opt out of SCP before service begins, or within the first 60 days of service. If you opt out 60 days or more after SCP service begins, you will be charged a one-time nominal fee of $5 per residential account or $25 per commercial account.” source
“Yes! If you decide to opt out before service begins, or within the first 60 days of service, you can return to Sonoma Clean Power at any time. Customers who opt out after 60 days of SCP service are subject to PG&E's terms and conditions, which prevents customers from returning to SCP for at least 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloverdale | CleanStart since 2014-07-23 (CCA service start per cca_members.csv | source | |
| Cotati | CleanStart since 2014-05-01 (CCA service start per cca_members.csv | source | |
| Fort Bragg | CleanStart | source | |
| Petaluma | CleanStart | source | |
| Point Arena | CleanStart | source | |
| Rohnert Park | CleanStart | source | |
| Santa Rosa | CleanStart since 2014-05-01 (CCA service start per cca_members.csv | source | |
| Sebastopol | CleanStart since 2014-05-01 (CCA service start per cca_members.csv | source | |
| Sonoma | CleanStart since 2014-05-01 (CCA service start per cca_members.csv | source | |
| Willits | CleanStart | source | |
| Windsor | CleanStart since 2014-05-01 (CCA service start per cca_members.csv | source |
Sonoma Clean Power in the CCA money pages: finances, credit ratings, money returned to customers, and money between Sonoma Clean Power and its member city governments. · Every CCA