Thousand Oaks' Electricity Providers: Clean Power Alliance and SCE
Thousand Oaks homes get their electricity from two providers on one SCE bill: SCE delivers it, and Clean Power Alliance supplies the generation by default. SCE's average residential rate was 34.4¢ 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 Thousand Oaks
SCE delivers power to Thousand Oaks homes, reads the meter and sends the bill; Clean Power Alliance supplies the generation by default, because the CEC's load-serving map places the city in its area. The Thousand Oaks bill lists SCE delivery charges and CPA generation charges separately.
What electricity costs in Thousand Oaks
SCE's average residential rate was 34.4¢ 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-D-4-9PM and TOU-D-5-8PM, TOU-D-PRIME for homes with an electric vehicle, a battery or an electric heat pump, and a tiered plan. The California utility rate tracker compares the large utilities.
SCE's Index of Communities puts Thousand Oaks in baseline regions 6 and 9. Region 6 (cool): 11.4 kWh a day June to September, 11 kWh a day October to May; Region 9 (moderate): 16.9 kWh a day June to September, 12 kWh a day October to May. That baseline is billed at 30¢ per kWh on the tiered plan and use above it at 40¢, as SCE posted them on Sept. 24, 2026.
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. SCE's assistance page has the application. CPA credits the generation part of a solar bill under its own terms. Installers active here are on the Thousand Oaks solar companies page; prices and permits on the Thousand Oaks solar cost page.
Reading a Thousand Oaks solar bill
Read both parts of the current electricity bill before comparing proposals. Clean Power Alliance may supply generation, while SCE delivers the electricity and issues the bill. The proposal should identify the account's actual provider, rate schedule and solar-billing enrollment instead of treating every Thousand Oaks account the same.
Clean Power Alliance and SCE on a Thousand Oaks bill
Clean Power Alliance has served Thousand Oaks since 2019, and the city's default option is 100% Green Power. CPA applies energy charges and credits on the generation side of your bill and SCE on the delivery side. Systems approved by SCE on or before August 31, 2023 stay on net energy metering; systems approved after that date are on the Solar Billing Plan.
CPA trues up Solar Billing Plan customers every April and pays Net Surplus Compensation at rates it describes as 10% higher than SCE's. A credit over $100 at true-up arrives as a check; under $100 it stays as a bill credit against future CPA charges. Because the city default is the 100% Green option, ask each bidder whether its savings figure uses that generation price or a cheaper CPA option you are not actually on.
If the bill itself is the problem, start with why California electric bills run high and the SCE high-bill breakdown.
Thousand Oaks electricity questions
Who provides electricity in Thousand Oaks?
SCE delivers the power and sends the bill; Clean Power Alliance supplies the generation by default. Both appear as separate charges on the SCE bill.
What is SCE's baseline allowance in Thousand Oaks?
SCE's Index of Communities puts Thousand Oaks in baseline regions 6 and 9. The summer allowance is 11.4 kWh a day in region 6 and 16.9 kWh a day in region 9; that much is billed at the lower tier on SCE's tiered plan.
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)
- Clean Power Alliance: 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)
- SCE: Time-of-Use residential rate plans (checked 2026-09-24)
- SCE tariff: Index of Communities, baseline regions (Cal. PUC Sheet 53902-E) (checked 2026-09-24)
- SCE: Tiered Rate Plan (daily baseline allocations by region; prices as posted) (checked 2026-09-24)
- Clean Power Alliance: Thousand Oaks community page (default option, service start) (checked 2026-09-23)
- Clean Power Alliance: net energy metering and Solar Billing Plan (checked 2026-09-23)
- Clean Power Alliance: residential rates and member communities (checked 2026-09-23)
- SCE: Solar Billing Plan information (checked 2026-09-23)
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