Direct Access (DA) Lottery Process


March 1, 2022


Direct Access (DA) Lottery


PG&E holds a weeklong submission period in June of each year (DA Lottery) for customers who are interested in enrolling in Direct Access (DA) subject to the availability of load space under the Overall Load Cap of 11,393 gigawatt-hours (GWh) established by the California Public Utilities Commission. Customer requests submitted during this period will be entered into a lottery to determine a customer’s priority for any load space that may be available. Customers who do not receive an offer of load space will be placed on a Wait List for any DA load space that may become available in 2023.


How it works


PG&E will be accepting Six-Month Notices to Transfer to Direct Access Service (PG&E Form 79-1117 dated February 4, 2021) ("Notice") from 9:00 am Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) on June 13, 2022 until 5:00 pm PDT on June 17, 2022. All Notices submitted on behalf of a customer must be accompanied by a customer's written authorization on PG&E's Authorization to Receive Customer Information or Act Upon a Customer's Behalf (PG&E Form 79-1095). All accepted Notices will be entered into lottery to determine their random numerical position for any load space that is available under the Overall Load Cap at the time of the DA Lottery, or for placement on a Wait List for any load space that becomes available in 2023.


Forms


PG&E's forms are now available in a fillable PDF format, which allows you to fill out the required fields directly into the form using your computer. Be sure to save your form before you start. When you're done you can then print your completed form(s), sign as required and submit the form(s). NOTE: If you are submitting multiple service agreements, PG&E requests that you use the sample spreadsheet template which you’ll find under "Instructions," below. If you have used our sample spreadsheet template in the past, to faciliate accurate processing please use the updated template for this year's DA Lottery.



Download Six Month Notice to Transfer to Direct Access (Form 79-1117) (PDF, 249 KB)

NOTE: PG&E will only be accepting the current, February 4, 2021, version of the Six Month Notice to Transfer to Direct Access.


If you are a third-party (i.e. ESP, consultant, etc) submitting on behalf of a customer, PG&E requires written customer authorization on PG&E's "Authorization To Receive Customer Information or Act upon a Customer's Behalf (Form 79-1095).



Download Authorization to Receive Customer Information or Act Upon a Customer's Behalf (Form 79-1095) (PDF, 393 KB)

Only submit if applicable.


Instructions to complete form(s)


Customers or an authorized third-party may submit Six Month Notices during the five business days beginning 9 a.m. PDT June 13, 2022, and ending 5 p.m. PDT June 17, 2022. All forms still require hand written signatures. PG&E requires hand-written signatures on the Six-Month Notice and the customer authorization, but due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and remote work policies still in place, PG&E will accept electronic signatures for the June 2022 Lottery if the customer is copied on the email. However, the electronic signature must match the name of the customer whose email address is listed on the Six-Month Notice and the customer authorization form, if applicable.


Completing the Six Month Notice to Transfer to Direct Access (Form 79-1117) and Authorization To Receive Customer Information or Act upon a Customer's Behalf (Form 79-1095)


  • Review your form(s) and ensure all your changes were saved, before submitting a fillable PDF form.
  • Ensure your form includes the following information
    1. Full customer name as it appears on PG&E billing account
    2. Active Electric Service Agreement Identification Numbers (SA ID). Note: SA IDs can only be for a single Customer Name
    3. Service address
    4. Customer email address
    5. Handwritten signature
    6. Date
    7. Use our updated spreadsheet template!
      If your application requires additional service agreements to be listed, you can use our spreadsheet sample in lieu of Attachment A. Be sure to use the updated spreadsheet. It eliminates duplicates and all data is in the template, helping to expedite the process. On your submission form, simply put "see attached" in the Service Agreement field and the customer email field.
      Download a Spreadsheet Sample (XLS, 36 KB)
  • If your Six Month Notice is being submitted by a third party (i.e., consultant or Electric Service Provider), please complete Form 79-1095
    1. Fill out this form in its entirety
    2. Check box option #6 (required)
    3. Use our updated spreadsheet template!
      If your application requires additional service agreements to be listed, you can use our spreadsheet sample in lieu of Attachment A. Lottery. It eliminates duplicates and all data is in the template, helping to expedite the process. On your submission form, simply put “see attached” in the Service Agreement field and the customer email field.
      Download a Spreadsheet Sample (XLS, 36 KB)

Submitting completed forms


  • Submit only one email per customer with all of your completed form(s) to DANOI@pge.com
  • Duplicate Six Month Notices covering the same accounts will be discarded
  • Ensure your subject line follows the format below:
    [Customer Name] 6 Month Notice [Submitter] ([#] of SA IDs)
  • Submissions should arrive on or after 9 a.m. PDT on June 13, 2022, but no later than 5 p.m. PDT on June 17, 2022. Any submissions received outside of these dates and time will be discarded.

What to expect after submission


  1. You will receive an auto-response from the DANOI@pge.com mailbox.
    • The auto-response message does not mean that the Six Month Notice and any supporting documents were accepted by PG&E.
    • The auto-response message does mean that PG&E received your submission. Please DO NOT send additional duplicate Six-Month Notices once the auto-response is received.
    • If you do not receive an auto-response email acknowledgement of receipt within 30 minutes of submittal, please contact PG&E's Third Party Relations Team at DANOI@pge.com.
  2. If PG&E receives duplicate submissions, the initial submission will be accepted and all subsequent submissions will be rejected.
  3. If PG&E finds incorrect information in the Six Month Notice or Customer Authorization Form, we will contact the submitter to make the correction. The submitter will have five business days (the review period) from PG&E's notification to respond with the corrected information. If no response is received within the five business day window, the submitted forms containing the incorrect information will be rejected, and the submitter will be notified by email.
  4. At the conclusion of the review period, and after all deficiencies have been corrected, PG&E will utilize a "randomizer" tool to assign a random "lottery" number to each eligible Six Month Notice.
  5. Submitters of Six Month Notices will be notified electronically by August 15, 2022, of their 2023 Wait List number.

Frequently Asked Questions