Southern California Edison Co Electricity Rates

How this price compares

Ranked by price against the 39 utilities reporting residential rates in California, Southern California Edison Co comes 35th 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, which averaged 32.09¢, Southern California Edison Co is close to its own ownership class within the state (+1.0%).

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

Southern California Edison Co reported 3.2M residential customers, ranking 1st of 39 utilities in California by customers served and covering 35.2% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 6,069 kWh per customer per year - below the national residential norm, implying a typical annual bill near $1,968.

Within California the median reporting utility sells about 6,688 kWh per customer, so Southern California Edison Co customers use -9.3% against their own state's middle. Consumption close to the state middle means bills here track the price ranking fairly directly.

Every utility reporting in California

All 39 utilities reporting bundled residential service in California, largest first, with Southern California Edison 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 Southern California Edison Co rates

How much does Southern California Edison Co charge per kWh?

Southern California Edison Co reported an average residential price of 32.43¢ 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 Southern California Edison Co expensive compared with the rest of California?

Its average residential price is above the California customer-weighted average of 30.02¢ per kWh, a difference of +8.0%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 39 utilities reporting residential service in California.

What is the average electricity bill for Southern California Edison Co customers?

Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 6,069 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,968 a year, or about $164 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.

Who owns Southern California Edison Co?

EIA classifies Southern California Edison 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.