San Diego Gas & Electric Co Electricity Rates

How this price compares

Ranked by price against the 39 utilities reporting residential rates in California, San Diego Gas & Electric Co comes in last, the highest reported average price in the state. 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, which averaged 29.86¢, San Diego Gas & Electric Co is far above its own ownership class within the state (+46.1%).

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

San Diego Gas & Electric Co reported 308.0K residential customers, ranking 6th of 39 utilities in California by customers served and covering 3.4% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 4,376 kWh per customer per year - well below the national residential norm, implying a typical annual bill near $1,909.

Within California the median reporting utility sells about 6,688 kWh per customer, so San Diego Gas & Electric Co customers use -34.6% against their own state's middle. Consumption this light usually tracks denser housing, gas heating or a milder service territory, which softens the bill impact of a high per-kWh price.

Every utility reporting in California

All 39 utilities reporting bundled residential service in California, largest first, with San Diego 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.

Common questions about San Diego Gas & Electric Co rates

How much does San Diego Gas & Electric Co charge per kWh?

San Diego Gas & Electric Co reported an average residential price of 43.63¢ 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 San Diego 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 +45.3%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 39 utilities reporting residential service in California.

What is the average electricity bill for San Diego Gas & Electric Co customers?

Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 4,376 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,909 a year, or about $159 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.

Who owns San Diego Gas & Electric Co?

EIA classifies San Diego Gas & Electric Co as Investor Owned, a shareholder-owned company whose retail rates are set through a state regulatory commission. Nationally, Investor Owned utilities averaged 17.36¢ 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.