Sacramento Municipal Util Dist Electricity Rates

How this price compares

Ranked by price against the 39 utilities reporting residential rates in California, Sacramento Municipal Util Dist comes 8th 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 4 other political subdivision utilities reporting in California, which averaged 20.07¢, Sacramento Municipal Util Dist is below its own ownership class within the state (-11.0%).

All figures come from the 2024 release, so no comparison mixes vintages. The state figure is customer-weighted across 39 reporting utilities.

Scale and consumption

Sacramento Municipal Util Dist reported 592.6K residential customers, ranking 4th of 39 utilities in California by customers served and covering 6.5% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 8,430 kWh per customer per year - below the national residential norm, implying a typical annual bill near $1,506.

Within California the median reporting utility sells about 6,688 kWh per customer, so Sacramento Municipal Util Dist customers use +26.0% against their own state's middle. Consumption this heavy usually tracks electric heating, sustained air-conditioning load or a largely detached-housing territory, which makes the price per kWh bite harder here than the headline rate suggests.

Every utility reporting in California

All 39 utilities reporting bundled residential service in California, largest first, with Sacramento Municipal Util Dist 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.

Common questions about Sacramento Municipal Util Dist rates

How much does Sacramento Municipal Util Dist charge per kWh?

Sacramento Municipal Util Dist reported an average residential price of 17.87¢ 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 Sacramento Municipal Util Dist expensive compared with the rest of California?

Its average residential price is far below the California customer-weighted average of 30.02¢ per kWh, a difference of -40.5%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 39 utilities reporting residential service in California.

What is the average electricity bill for Sacramento Municipal Util Dist customers?

Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 8,430 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,506 a year, or about $126 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.

Who owns Sacramento Municipal Util Dist?

EIA classifies Sacramento Municipal Util Dist as Political Subdivision, a public utility district or authority created under state law rather than a city government. Nationally, Political Subdivision utilities averaged 11.82¢ per kWh in the 2024 release.

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, why energy prices vary and understanding rate structures.

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