Tesla Inc. Electricity Rates

How this price compares

Ranked by price against the 39 utilities reporting residential rates in California, Tesla Inc. comes 10th 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 6 other behind the meter utilities reporting in California, which averaged 23.45¢, Tesla Inc. is below its own ownership class within the state (-20.9%).

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

Tesla Inc. reported 147.4K residential customers, ranking 7th of 39 utilities in California by customers served and covering 1.6% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 6,615 kWh per customer per year - below the national residential norm, implying a typical annual bill near $1,228.

Within California the median reporting utility sells about 6,688 kWh per customer, so Tesla Inc. customers use -1.1% 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 Tesla Inc. 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 Tesla Inc. rates

How much does Tesla Inc. charge per kWh?

Tesla Inc. reported an average residential price of 18.56¢ 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 Tesla Inc. 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 -38.2%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 39 utilities reporting residential service in California.

What is the average electricity bill for Tesla Inc. customers?

Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 6,615 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,228 a year, or about $102 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.

Who owns Tesla Inc.?

EIA classifies Tesla Inc. as Behind the Meter, on-site generation serving customers directly rather than through the grid. Nationally, Behind the Meter utilities averaged 18.96¢ 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.