California · Municipal
City of Palo Alto - (CA)
21.36¢ per kWh, bundled, EIA-861 2025. Average bill $110.23 at 516.0 kWh a month, across 25,672 customers on that row.
California averaged 31.35¢/kWh and $154.73 a month. The United States averaged 17.23¢/kWh and $150.68. State and national figures come from EIA's Average Bill file.
Revenue divided by sales, EIA-861 Sales to Ultimate Customers, 2025, released October 7, 2026. Texas wires utilities come from the Delivery Companies file. The price and bill use bundled service. Customer count: 25,672, the largest residential count across service types.
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The figure below is this utility's 2025 EIA residential average.
2025 EIA average
$213.60
21.36¢/kWh × 1,000 kWh. Bundled residential average, EIA-861 2025. The customer charge is already folded into this average, so it stands beside a tariff total rather than being added to it.
Annual history
| Year | ¢/kWh | Avg. bill | Avg. kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 12.02¢ | $58.36 | 485.6 | 25,299 |
| 2016 | 12.69¢ | $60.73 | 478.6 | 25,520 |
| 2017 | 14.28¢ | $70.14 | 491.2 | 25,579 |
| 2018 | 15.32¢ | $73.69 | 481.1 | 25,461 |
| 2019 | 15.96¢ | $79.43 | 497.7 | 25,811 |
| 2020 | 16.37¢ | $88.00 | 537.8 | 25,083 |
| 2021 | 16.23¢ | $81.20 | 500.2 | 25,882 |
| 2022 | 17.42¢ | $88.69 | 509.1 | 25,761 |
| 2023 | 20.21¢ | $101.64 | 502.8 | 26,220 |
| 2024 | 20.67¢ | $103.58 | 501.1 | 26,249 |
| 2025 | 21.36¢ | $110.23 | 516.0 | 25,672 |
EIA-861, 2015–2025, using the same service type as the 2025 figure. A blank year means that service was not in the file.
Counties
Santa Clara.
EIA-861 Service Territory, 2025. A listed county is the county EIA recorded. It does not mean every address in the county is served. Open this utility in the bill calculator · Rate history tool