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SCE BACK-UP POWER OPTIONS IN HIGH FIRE RISK AREAS, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON (SCE)

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  • Description: Provides SCE customers in high fire risk areas with back-up power options to help them prepare for Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS).

    Available programs:
    • Rebates for Generators and Back up Power: Helps pay for portable emergency backup power (generator or portable battery) to offer power during outages. For more information visit the Rebates and Incentives page on the SCE website.
    • SCE Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP): Offers rebates and incentives to eligible residential and business customers who generate their own power. These systems are designed to offset your energy use and work as backup batteries to provide power for your home when an outage or a PSPS occurs.For more information visit the Home Energy Storage Solutions page on the SCE website.
    • Critical Care Backup Battery Program: Provides a free backup battery exclusively for customers in high fire risk areas who are enrolled in our Medical Baseline Allowance program and who require the regular use of electrically powered medical equipment or another qualifying medical device. For more information visit the Critical Care Backup Battery Program page on the SCE website.

    To check if your household is in a high-fire risk area visit the High Fire Threat Map page on the SCE website.
  • Website: https://www.sce.com/outage-center/customer-resources-and-support
  • Phone(s): (800) 352-8580, (800) 655-4555, SGIPGroup@sce.com, (800) 736-4777
  • Hours: Mon 7am - 7pm; Tue 7am - 7pm; Wed 7am - 7pm; Thu 7am - 7pm; Fri 7am - 7pm; Sat 8am - 5pm;
  • Eligibility: Rebate Generator Program Eligibility:
    . Must live in a Tier 2 or Tier 3 high fire risk area

    SGIP Program Eligibility:
    . Must live in a Tier 2 or 3 High Fire Threat District OR have experienced two or more utility Public Safety Power Shut-offs (PSPS).
    AND ONE of the following additional criteria:
    . You live in multifamily deed-restricted housing or a single-family home subject to resale restrictions,
    . Eligible for the utility Medical Baseline Program,
    . You have notified your utility of serious illness and/or life-threatening condition.
    . Have received or reserved other solar-related incentives (including SASH, DAC-SASH, MASH, or SOMAH programs).
    . Home relies on electric pump wells for water AND household meets low-income qualifications,

    Critical Care Backup Battery Program Eligibility:
    . Must be SCE customer enrolled in Medical Baseline program.
    . AND must live in a high fire risk area (see link to high fire threat map in program description).
    . AND require the regular use of electrically powered medical equipment or another qualifying medical device.
  • Requirements: N/A
  • Areas Served:
    • Mono United States
    • Riverside United States
    • Inyo United States
    • Orange United States
    • Kern United States
    • Ventura United States
    • Santa Barbara United States
    • Los Angeles United States
    • San Bernardino United States
    • Tulare United States
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Location Name: ONLINE SERVICES

  • Accessibility: Not applicable
  • Physical Address: Online Services, Rosemead, CA, 91770

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