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California electricity rates

Average bill
$154.73
All-in price
31.35¢
Average use
493.5 kWh
Customers
14,371,581

EIA-861 Average Bill, residential, 2025, released October 7, 2026. July 2026 residential price in Table 5.6.A was 33.61¢/kWh. July 2025 was 32.66¢/kWh. Table retrieved October 10, 2026.

Bundled and energy utilities

Larger utilities, sorted by the 2025 all-in price of the primary service. Delivery-only utilities are in the next section.

UtilityService¢/kWhBillCustomers
Sonoma Clean Power AuthorityEnergy only12.36¢$50.61202,434
WestLight EnergyEnergy only12.43¢$49.99285,476
Silicon Valley Clean Energy AuthorityEnergy only13.30¢$55.50253,277
Rancho Mirage Energy AuthorityEnergy only13.58¢$94.7212,995
Redwood Coast Energy AuthorityEnergy only13.83¢$51.1551,383
Pioneer Community EnergyEnergy only13.88¢$71.88145,198
Valley Clean Energy AllianceEnergy only13.94¢$56.5854,345
Clean Power Alliance of Southern CaliforEnergy only13.95¢$76.54752,163
San Jose Clean EnergyEnergy only13.96¢$53.15326,574
Apple Valley Choice EnergyEnergy only14.08¢$66.4122,627
Ava Community EnergyEnergy only14.48¢$49.61657,327
Central Coast Community EnergyEnergy only14.75¢$53.48429,482
Marin Clean EnergyEnergy only15.00¢$62.75533,896
CleanPowerSFEnergy only15.16¢$40.26358,382
Santa Barbara Clean EnergyEnergy only15.35¢$51.1432,190
San Diego Community PowerEnergy only15.76¢$47.86851,153
Pico Rivera Innovative Municipal EnergyEnergy only15.99¢$75.3514,772
Pomona Choice Energy (PCE)Energy only16.29¢$74.3937,045
Lancaster Choice EnergyEnergy only16.38¢$81.8547,159
San Jacinto PowerEnergy only16.97¢$89.6613,631
Turlock Irrigation DistrictBundled17.40¢$141.6680,976
City of Santa Clara - (CA)Bundled17.88¢$71.1754,000
Desert Community EnergyEnergy only18.07¢$96.7227,896
Clean Energy AllianceEnergy only18.29¢$56.80218,258
Imperial Irrigation DistrictBundled18.69¢$202.30142,916
Sacramento Municipal Util DistBundled18.93¢$125.42601,275
City of Redding - (CA)Bundled18.97¢$152.2539,152
Spruce FinanceBundled19.27¢$125.9825,201
City of Anaheim - (CA)Bundled19.37¢$92.09107,148
Tesla Inc.Bundled19.58¢$109.41125,519
City of AzusaBundled20.77¢$104.3815,646
City of Roseville - (CA)Bundled21.29¢$145.0764,556
City of Palo Alto - (CA)Bundled21.36¢$110.2325,672
City of Burbank Water and Power - (CA)Bundled21.50¢$105.6346,719
City of Riverside - (CA)Bundled21.94¢$135.25101,042
City of Lodi - (CA)Bundled22.78¢$128.0224,215
City of Colton - (CA)Bundled23.00¢$118.8717,367
Modesto Irrigation DistrictBundled23.03¢$173.07104,671
Alameda Municipal PowerBundled24.01¢$86.7732,364
Merced Irrigation DistrictBundled24.15¢$144.1011,850
PacifiCorpBundled24.18¢$200.4336,339
City of Pasadena - (CA)Bundled25.11¢$115.6158,602
SunPower Capital, LLCBundled25.70¢$140.9964,390
Los Angeles Department of Water & PowerBundled26.48¢$124.201,415,602
Liberty UtilitiesBundled27.65¢$141.1344,507
Southern California Edison CoBundled31.48¢$149.073,262,177
Sunrun Inc.Bundled31.65¢$191.29342,354
City of Glendale - (CA)Bundled35.51¢$138.8978,071
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.Bundled37.52¢$173.951,738,444
Bear Valley Electric ServiceBundled41.12¢$122.3723,395
San Diego Gas & Electric CoBundled45.77¢$167.87284,416

Lowest in this list: Sonoma Clean Power Authority at 12.36¢/kWh. Highest: San Diego Gas & Electric Co at 45.77¢/kWh.

Delivery-only utilities

Delivery charges reported to EIA. In Texas, this is the wires utility, separate from the retail plan.

No delivery-only utility in this state is in the ranking above.

EIA state adjustment

Form EIA-861 includes a balancing row for California, utility number 99999. The sales file names that row Adjustment 2025. It is not a company, the ownership field is blank, and the service-territory file lists no counties. The bundled figure on that row is 16.95¢/kWh, $574.21 a month, at 3,388.5 kWh, across 14,363 customers. Read the adjustment row.

Smaller utilities (37)

Listed for reference and left out of the rankings above. Most serve fewer than 10,000 residential customers.