Fallbrook's Electricity Providers: San Diego Community Power and SDG&E
Fallbrook homes get their electricity from two providers on one SDG&E bill: SDG&E delivers it, and San Diego Community Power supplies the generation by default. SDG&E's average residential rate was 45.5¢ per kWh as of June 1, 2026 (CPUC Public Advocates Office), and most of its customers also pay a fixed $24.15 a month.
Who supplies electricity in Fallbrook
SDG&E delivers power to Fallbrook homes, reads the meter and sends the bill; San Diego Community Power supplies the generation by default, because the CEC's load-serving map places the city in its area. The Fallbrook bill lists SDG&E delivery charges and SDCP generation charges separately.
What electricity costs in Fallbrook
SDG&E's average residential rate was 45.5¢ per kWh as of June 1, 2026 (CPUC Public Advocates Office), plus a fixed $24.15 a month ($12.08 on FERA, $6.00 on CARE) under CPUC Decision 24-05-028. Its residential plans include time-of-use plans TOU-DR1 and TOU-DR2, TOU-ELEC, the electric-vehicle plan EV-TOU-5, and the tiered schedule DR. The California utility rate tracker compares the large utilities.
Discounts and solar billing
CARE takes 30–35% off and FERA 18% off for eligible households, according to the CPUC, and new solar customers go on its Net Billing Tariff, whose export credit the CPUC says is usually below the retail rate. SDG&E's assistance page has the application. SDCP credits the generation part of a solar bill under its own terms. Installers active here are on the Fallbrook solar companies page.
Reading a Fallbrook solar bill
On the California Energy Commission's maps, all of Fallbrook is SDG&E delivery territory and San Diego Community Power generation territory; SDCP says it serves the unincorporated areas of San Diego County. Read the generation provider on your bill, since a customer can opt out. SDG&E puts residential Solar Billing Plan customers on EV-TOU-5, and SDCP adds $0.0075 per kWh to annual surplus payments.
SDG&E and SDCP on a Fallbrook bill
San Diego Community Power says it serves the unincorporated areas of San Diego County, and the Energy Commission's community choice map shows it over all of Fallbrook. SDCP supplies the generation and credits solar on its side of the bill; for net energy metering customers it pays surplus at the Net Surplus Compensation rate plus $0.0075 per kWh and mails a check when the amount exceeds $100. Its Solar Billing Plan customers keep their terms for nine years from permission to operate.
SDG&E delivers the power, sends the bill and sets the rate plan: residential Solar Billing Plan customers are on EV-TOU-5, with on-peak hours from 4 to 9 p.m. A battery lets a home carry midday solar into those hours, which SDG&E itself points out. Ask each bidder to show the SDG&E and SDCP portions of the bill separately.
If the bill itself is the problem, start with why California electric bills run high and the SDG&E high-bill breakdown.
Fallbrook electricity questions
Who provides electricity in Fallbrook?
SDG&E delivers the power and sends the bill; San Diego Community Power supplies the generation by default. Both appear as separate charges on the SDG&E bill.
Sources
- California Energy Commission: Electric Load Serving Entities (IOU & POU) map layer, queried at the city's Census point (checked 2026-09-24)
- California Energy Commission: Electric Load Serving Entities (Other, including CCAs) map layer, queried at the city's Census point (checked 2026-09-24)
- San Diego Community Power: service area (checked 2026-09-23)
- CPUC Public Advocates Office, Q2 2026 Electric Rates Report (residential average rates) (checked 2026-09-24)
- CPUC Decision 24-05-028 (income-graduated fixed charge: $24.15, $12.08, $6.00) (checked 2026-09-24)
- CPUC: CARE/FERA Program (discounts; income limits June 1, 2026 to May 31, 2027) (checked 2026-09-24)
- CPUC: Net Energy Metering and Net Billing (checked 2026-09-24)
- SDG&E: Total electric rates (current residential schedules) (checked 2026-09-24)
- San Diego Community Power: net energy metering and Solar Billing Plan (checked 2026-09-23)
- SDG&E: Solar Billing Plan (checked 2026-09-23)
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