Rate comparison

How this price compares

Ranked by price against the 39 utilities reporting residential rates in California, Pacific Gas & Electric Co. comes 37th of 39. The state's range runs from Surprise Valley Electrification at 13.14¢ to San Diego Gas & Electric Co at 43.63¢, so where a household sits inside California depends far more on which utility serves it than on the statewide average alone.

Against the 5 other investor owned utilities reporting in California, whose customer-weighted average is 33.17¢, Pacific Gas & Electric Co. is above its own ownership class within the state (+19.4%).

State price distribution

Territory and usage

Scale and consumption

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. reported 1.9M residential customers, ranking 2nd of 39 utilities in California by customers served and covering 20.3% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 5,999 kWh per customer per year - -10.3% against the California median of 6,688 kWh , implying a typical annual bill near $2,377.

State peers

Every utility reporting in California

All 39 utilities reporting bundled residential service in California, largest first, with Pacific Gas & Electric Co. marked. The named companies either side of it are the ones a household in this state might otherwise be served by.

For generation mix and price history statewide, see electricity rates in California.

Ownership class peers

Investor Owned utilities with similar residential prices

Beyond California, these indexable investor owned utilities report the closest residential averages to Pacific Gas & Electric Co. in the same Form 861 release. Peer sets differ by ownership class and price, not a shared national list.

FAQ

Common questions about Pacific Gas & Electric Co. rates

How much does Pacific Gas & Electric Co. charge per kWh?

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. reported an average residential price of 39.62¢ per kWh across its bundled residential customers in the 2024 EIA Form 861 release. That is an annual average across all its residential customers, not a rate schedule, so an individual bill depends on the tariff, usage pattern and season.

Is Pacific Gas & Electric Co. expensive compared with the rest of California?

Its average residential price is far above the California customer-weighted average of 30.02¢ per kWh, a difference of +32.0%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 39 utilities reporting residential service in California.

What is the average electricity bill for Pacific Gas & Electric Co. customers?

Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 5,999 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $2,377 a year, or about $198 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.

Who owns Pacific Gas & Electric Co.?

EIA classifies Pacific Gas & Electric Co. as Investor Owned, a shareholder-owned company whose retail rates are set through a state regulatory commission. Nationally, the customer-weighted average across Investor Owned utilities was 18.37¢ per kWh in the 2024 Form 861 release.

Limitations

What this page does and does not tell you

• An average across bundled residential customers for the year, revenue divided by sales, not a rate schedule.
• Form 861 presence is not evidence of availability at an address or of customer choice.

See our methodology and why energy prices vary .

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form 861 annual electric power industry report, 2024 release. Retrieved and formatted by RateWatt.