Convert Your SoCal Edison Bill to CSV

Upload a Southern California Edison bill PDF and get clean, structured data — total kWh, generation and delivery charges, billing period, and per-service-account rows — in about 30 seconds.

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Anatomy of bill fields extracted

Upload a PDF, get clean CSV. Below is a sample electric statement with the structured fields you get back, labelled with their CSV column names.

EXAMPLE ENERGY CO.

P.O. Box 0000 · Sample City, CA · 1-800-555-0100

Statement · Page 1 of 3

SERVICE FOR

SAMPLE CUSTOMER

123 Example Street
Sample City, CA 90000

Customer account 7002 1234 5678

Date bill prepared May 5, 2026

Service account 3 012 3456 78

Your rate TOU-D-4-9PM

AMOUNT DUE

$125.45

Due by May 24, 2026

Billing period: Apr 3 – May 3, 2026 · 30 days

Statement currency: USD

Account summary

Previous balance	$119.80
Payment received — thank you	−$119.80
Balance forward	$0.00
Your new charges	$125.45
Total amount you owe	$125.45

Details of your electric charges

CHARGE	USAGE	RATE	AMOUNT
Basic Charge Minimum daily charge · grid connection	30 days	$0.031/day	$0.93
Generation charges Supplier: Example Energy Co.	542 kWh	$0.10500	$56.91
Delivery — Transmission & distribution Moving electricity to your home	542 kWh	$0.09800	$53.12
Public Purpose Programs charge	542 kWh	$0.00800	$4.34
Power Charge Indifference Adjustment	542 kWh	$0.01100	$5.96
Wildfire Fund & DWR charges State-mandated bond charges	542 kWh	$0.00580	$3.14
State regulatory fee	—	—	$1.05
Total new charges			$125.45

Usage this period

On-peak (4–9 p.m.) 118 kWh

Read type Actual

Total usage 542 kWh

Service information

Meter number MTR-2207431

Service account 3 012 3456 78

Previous read · Apr 3 21,488

Current read · May 3 22,030

Baseline region Region 9

Multiplier 1

utility_name, utility_phone

Utility issuer and contact number

customer_name, service_street1, service_city, service_state, service_zip

Service address where power is delivered

service_account_number, bill_service_agreement_number, tariff

Customer account, service account, and rate plan / tariff name

previous_balance, payments_received, late_fee

Carry-over balance and last period's payment

bill_new_charges

Your new charges accrued this billing period

commodity_supplier

Who supplied the electricity — separates from delivery utility when a CCA like Clean Power Alliance is the generator

max_kw, demand_unit

Peak demand and unit (kW) — common on commercial and agricultural bills

meter_total_volume, meter_total_unit, read_type

Total consumption, unit (kWh / therms / MJ / kL), and actual vs estimated read

bill_total, bill_due_date

Total amount you owe and payment due date

bill_start_date, bill_end_date, days_in_period, bill_frequency, currency

Billing period span and statement currency

utility_meter_serial_number, point_of_delivery_id

Physical meter serial and service-account delivery point ID

load_zone

Wholesale-market load zone (CAISO sub-zone)

50+ structured fields per bill — including extraction metadata (extraction_status, extraction_confidence, source_filename ) — exported as CSV that opens directly in Excel, Google Sheets, or any accounting tool.

What every charge on your SoCal Edison bill means

Southern California Edison bills separate the cost of generating your electricity from the cost of delivering it, then add a handful of fixed and state-mandated charges. Here's what each line means.

Basic Charge (minimum daily charge): A small fixed charge billed per day that covers the cost of connecting your home to SCE's grid — metering, billing, and basic service — regardless of how much electricity you use. On some rate plans this appears as a minimum daily charge that applies only when your usage-based charges fall below it.
Generation charges: The cost of producing or buying the electricity you actually used. If you're a standard "bundled" SCE customer, SCE supplies this. If your community is served by a Community Choice Aggregator (like Clean Power Alliance), your CCA's generation charge replaces this line and SCE bills only delivery — it's not an extra fee, the generation simply comes from your CCA instead.
Delivery charges: The cost of moving electricity over the transmission and distribution system — the poles, wires, substations, and transformers — to your home. SCE always provides and bills delivery, even when a CCA supplies your generation. It bundles transmission, distribution, and several regulatory and public-purpose costs.
Baseline Allocation and tiers: Many SCE residential plans give you a monthly "Baseline Allocation" of kWh priced at the lowest rate; usage above the allowance is billed at a higher rate. Your allocation depends on your Baseline Region, the season (summer allocations differ from winter), and whether you heat with electricity — which is why a higher-usage month can cost more per kWh, not just more in total.
Time-of-Use (TOU) charges: If you're on a TOU plan (TOU-D-4-9PM, TOU-D-5-8PM, TOU-D-PRIME and similar), the price depends on when you use power, not just how much. On-peak hours — typically 4–9 p.m. — are the most expensive; off-peak and mid-peak hours are cheaper. The bill shows kWh and cost for each period.
California Climate Credit: A fixed credit applied to your bill twice a year (typically spring and fall), funded by California's cap-and-trade program. It appears as a negative line that lowers the total you owe. It isn't tied to your usage, so it shows up the same for every residential customer in a given period.
Power Charge Indifference Adjustment (PCIA): A charge that appears mainly for CCA and Direct Access customers. It recovers the above-market cost of generation SCE contracted on your behalf before you switched suppliers, so customers who stayed with SCE don't bear that cost. The CPUC sets the rate annually.
Public Purpose, Wildfire Fund & state-mandated charges: A set of per-kWh charges SCE collects on behalf of the state: Public Purpose Programs (energy efficiency, low-income assistance, and renewables), the statewide Wildfire Fund charge, and DWR bond charges. Commercial and agricultural TOU-GS and TOU-PA bills add demand charges in kW on top of these — see the FAQs below.

Frequently asked questions

My SoCal Edison bill lists several service accounts — can UtilityBillReader handle that?

Yes, and this is one of SCE's defining quirks. A single SCE statement can cover multiple service accounts — for example a water district with several well or pump meters, or a business with several sites. UtilityBillReader splits each service account or meter into its own row in your CSV, each with its own usage, cost, rate plan, and service address, so multi-account bills come back fully structured rather than collapsed into one total.

My bill shows generation from a CCA like Clean Power Alliance and delivery from SCE — does UtilityBillReader read both?

Yes. When a Community Choice Aggregator supplies your generation, SCE bills only delivery and the CCA's generation charge appears separately. UtilityBillReader reads the consolidated bill as a whole, capturing the supplier, the tariff, and both the delivery and generation charges so nothing is lost.

Does UtilityBillReader capture how much electricity I used?

Yes — your total usage for the billing period in kWh, plus whether the read was actual or estimated. UtilityBillReader reports the period total; it does not currently break usage into baseline and above-baseline tiers.

I'm on a Time-of-Use plan like TOU-D-4-9PM — does UtilityBillReader pick that up?

UtilityBillReader identifies that your bill is on a Time-of-Use rate and captures the tariff name (for example TOU-D-4-9PM or TOU-D-PRIME). It flags the TOU rate and your total usage; it does not currently split usage into separate On-Peak, Mid-Peak, and Off-Peak figures.

I run a business, farm, or water district — does UtilityBillReader handle demand charges and commercial bills?

Yes. UtilityBillReader fully supports SCE commercial and agricultural bills, including the TOU-GS and TOU-PA rate plans water districts use for well and pump motors, peak demand in kW, the service class, and the full cost and billing breakdown. Each pump or service account comes back as its own row.

What format do I get back?

Two downloads off the same extraction. A base CSV gives you one row per meter or service account with a column for every field — utility, customer and service account, addresses, billing period, usage, cost, and tariff — and opens directly in Excel, Google Sheets, or any accounting tool. An advanced Excel (.xlsx) workbook adds a second sheet of per-line charge detail (TOU bands, supplier splits on CCA bills, individual taxes) keyed back to the first sheet so you can reconcile or pivot without losing structure.

Can I convert several bills at once?

Yes. Upload multiple bills — a year of statements, or bills across several properties — and get them back in one structured file, one row per meter or service account. This is the common workflow for bookkeepers and property managers reconciling SCE costs in bulk.

How accurate is UtilityBillReader?

Every extraction returns a confidence score and flags anything worth a second look, such as a bill covering multiple service accounts. UtilityBillReader lays each field out next to a clear label so it's quick to check the output against your original SCE bill, and the confidence score tells you where to look first.

Do I need an account, and is UtilityBillReader really free?

You can convert your first 5 pages every day with no account — just upload and download. Paid plans add higher volumes for regular or bulk use, but there's no signup wall to try UtilityBillReader or handle a one-off SCE bill.

Does UtilityBillReader work on my phone?

Yes. UtilityBillReader works in your phone's browser, so you can convert a bill from a photo or PDF without being at a computer.

SoCal Edison bills are often several pages long — does that matter?

No. SCE statements frequently run to multiple pages, especially when they cover several service accounts or include rate-comparison detail. Upload the whole multi-page PDF in a single file and UtilityBillReader reads it end to end, pulling each service account into its own row.

What file types can I upload, and is my data secure?

PDF bills, digital or scanned, including multi-page bills in a single upload. Files uploaded without an account are deleted within 24 hours rather than stored indefinitely; account uploads follow your plan's retention window.

Use cases

Bookkeeping & accounting

Pull the total, billing period, and charge breakdown straight into a CSV ready to import into Xero or QuickBooks, instead of keying SCE utility expenses by hand.

Water districts & multi-meter sites

Districts and operators running several well pumps on one SCE account can extract usage and cost per service account, producing a clean per-meter breakdown for budgeting and cost allocation.

ESG & Scope 2 reporting

Extract actual kWh as activity data for greenhouse-gas accounting under the GHG Protocol — more accurate than estimating emissions from the dollar amount alone.

Usage analysis

Compare total kWh and the cost breakdown across months to see how your usage and bill change over time — including across TOU peak and off-peak seasons.

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Last reviewed 28 June 2026