Electricity prices in California

What homes in California pay for electricity, from EIA.

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Average price: 33.0¢ a kWh; Up 3.3% on a year ago
Average bill: $161 a month; Up 1.1% on a year ago
Average use: 487 kWh; A month. US 870 kWh
Price rank: 2 of 51; 1 is the most expensive

Over the 12 months to July 2026, California homes paid 33.0¢ a kWh, against a US average of 18.0¢.

California vs the US

	California	US
Average price, 12 months to July 2026	33.0¢	18.0¢
Price in July 2026	33.6¢	18.3¢
Average monthly bill, 12 months	$161	$156
Bill in July 2026	$192	$212
Average monthly use	487 kWh	870 kWh
Price change, past year	+3.3%	+6.6%
Price change since 2019	+72%	+38%

Electricity price

Average residential price a kilowatt-hour, by month.

Up to and including July 2026

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Month	Cents a kWh
July 2026	33.61¢
June 2026	34.74¢
May 2026	33.25¢
April 2026	35.25¢
March 2026	33.35¢
February 2026	33.22¢
January 2026	30.29¢
December 2025	34.71¢
November 2025	31.89¢
October 2025	33.60¢
September 2025	32.04¢
August 2025	31.65¢
July 2025	32.66¢
June 2025	33.59¢
May 2025	33.29¢
April 2025	33.82¢
March 2025	32.48¢
February 2025	31.72¢
January 2025	30.28¢
December 2024	30.62¢
November 2024	30.18¢
October 2024	32.45¢
September 2024	31.83¢
August 2024	31.22¢
July 2024	32.73¢
June 2024	33.24¢
May 2024	34.55¢
April 2024	34.49¢
March 2024	32.46¢
February 2024	31.41¢
January 2024	29.62¢
December 2023	29.12¢
November 2023	29.54¢
October 2023	31.78¢
September 2023	30.01¢
August 2023	29.97¢
July 2023	29.46¢
June 2023	31.24¢
May 2023	29.82¢
April 2023	29.70¢
March 2023	30.39¢
February 2023	27.25¢
January 2023	26.47¢
December 2022	26.04¢
November 2022	25.52¢
October 2022	25.76¢
September 2022	25.96¢
August 2022	26.49¢
July 2022	26.18¢
June 2022	28.16¢
May 2022	27.21¢
April 2022	23.28¢
March 2022	26.37¢
February 2022	25.34¢
January 2022	23.07¢
December 2021	23.38¢
November 2021	23.87¢
October 2021	22.02¢
September 2021	23.49¢
August 2021	23.39¢

Source: EIA Electric Power Monthly. Revenue over kilowatt-hours sold, including fixed charges.

Average monthly bill

What an average home pays a month. Bills peak in summer and winter.

Up to and including July 2026

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Month	Bill
July 2026	$192
June 2026	$165
May 2026	$136
April 2026	$138
March 2026	$154
February 2026	$140
January 2026	$183
December 2025	$139
November 2025	$134
October 2025	$152
September 2025	$202
August 2025	$194
July 2025	$187
June 2025	$162
May 2025	$130
April 2025	$129
March 2025	$133
February 2025	$145
January 2025	$167
December 2024	$150
November 2024	$127
October 2024	$163
September 2024	$196
August 2024	$217
July 2024	$226
June 2024	$159
May 2024	$126
April 2024	$131
March 2024	$136
February 2024	$142
January 2024	$155
December 2023	$135
November 2023	$132
October 2023	$136
September 2023	$171
August 2023	$202
July 2023	$176
June 2023	$130
May 2023	$117
April 2023	$126
March 2023	$137
February 2023	$123
January 2023	$152
December 2022	$124
November 2022	$118
October 2022	$126
September 2022	$192
August 2022	$201
July 2022	$171
June 2022	$151
May 2022	$120
April 2022	$94
March 2022	$115
February 2022	$107
January 2022	$139
December 2021	$118
November 2021	$102
October 2021	$98
September 2021	$153
August 2021	$173

Source: EIA Electric Power Monthly. EIA's own method for its average bill table.

Natural gas price

Average residential price a thousand cubic feet, by month. Summer prices are high because fixed charges are spread over little gas.

Up to and including June 2026

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Month	Price a Mcf
June 2026	$20.33
March 2026	$20.72
February 2026	$22.45
January 2026	$22.96
December 2025	$23.78
November 2025	$22.19
October 2025	$21.81
September 2025	$21.89
August 2025	$22.09
July 2025	$22.17
June 2025	$21.48
May 2025	$20.98
April 2025	$21.43
March 2025	$22.29
February 2025	$22.50
January 2025	$20.88
December 2024	$20.63
November 2024	$19.68
October 2024	$19.91
September 2024	$19.35
August 2024	$19.15
July 2024	$18.42
June 2024	$17.47
May 2024	$17.32
April 2024	$17.97
March 2024	$20.04
February 2024	$20.84
January 2024	$17.35
December 2023	$21.07
November 2023	$21.35
October 2023	$19.39
September 2023	$19.26
August 2023	$19.77
July 2023	$18.67
June 2023	$18.13
May 2023	$18.07
April 2023	$19.60
March 2023	$19.10
February 2023	$26.84
January 2023	$27.81
December 2022	$22.65
November 2022	$20.24
October 2022	$20.47
September 2022	$21.56
August 2022	$21.53
July 2022	$20.17
June 2022	$21.60
May 2022	$19.45
April 2022	$18.25
March 2022	$18.30
February 2022	$18.77
January 2022	$19.89
December 2021	$18.59
November 2021	$18.14
October 2021	$18.36
September 2021	$16.08
August 2021	$15.79
July 2021	$15.69

Source: EIA Natural Gas Monthly.

Utilities in California

Past 12 months, utilities with 10,000 homes or more. These utilities serve 53% of homes in California. Most of the rest buy power from a retail supplier or a town program, which EIA does not list by name.


Southern California Edison (SCE)Investor-owned	–	No comparison	–	3,263,443
Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E)Investor-owned	36.5¢	-9.3%	$169	1,845,822
LADWPMunicipal	27.6¢	+10%	$128	1,426,907
SMUDPublic power district	19.6¢	+6.5%	$131	607,780
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E)Investor-owned	47.1¢	+8.9%	$173	284,641
Imperial Irrigation DistrictPublic power district	20.3¢	+13%	$225	145,763
Modesto Irrigation DistrictPublic power district	23.5¢	+4.9%	$177	104,786
Turlock Irrigation DistrictPublic power district	18.0¢	+7.7%	$146	81,591
City of PasadenaMunicipal	25.3¢	-0.2%	$116	58,685
City of Santa ClaraMunicipal	18.3¢	+4.7%	$73	55,190
PacifiCorpInvestor-owned	24.7¢	+9.2%	$194	36,426
Bear Valley Electric ServiceInvestor-owned	43.2¢	+17%	$125	23,348