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Electric utilities serving Lassen County, California
Utilities that list the county in their Form EIA-861 service territory for 2024, with each one's average price, bill and outage minutes.
5 utilities list Lassen County, California, in the service territory they reported to EIA for 2024, the largest by residential customers statewide being Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Lassen Municipal Utility District and Plumas-Sierra Rural Elec Coop.
Their average residential prices ran from 13.14¢ to 39.62¢ per kilowatthour, with a median of 26.38¢, against a California average of 31.97¢ and a US average of 16.48¢. Each price is the utility's figure for all of its California customers, not for this county alone.
WAPA: Western Area Power Administration lists the county too but reported no residential sales in California under its own name.
The median SAIDI they reported was 509.3 minutes per customer including major event days; the median among all California utilities reporting was 74.0.
The Census Bureau estimates the county's population at 28,117. EIA does not publish customers by county, so which utility serves a given address has to be confirmed with the utility or the state utility commission.
Average price is revenue divided by sales for the sector and year; it is not a tariff rate. Reliability figures are as reported by utilities to EIA on Form 861 and may use different calculation methods. Figures are for each utility's whole California operation; EIA publishes nothing at county level.
Utilities and their 2024 figures
| Utility | Ownership | Residential customers | ¢ per kWh | Monthly bill | SAIDI, all events | SAIDI, no major events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Gas & Electric Co. mostly delivery | Investor-owned | 5,047,461 | 39.62¢ | $198.05 | 509.3 | 275.6 |
| Lassen Municipal Utility District short form | Municipal | 10,602 | — | — | — | — |
| Plumas-Sierra Rural Elec Coop short form | Cooperative | 7,769 | — | — | — | — |
| Surprise Valley Electrification | Cooperative | 2,785 | 13.14¢ | $130.39 | — | — |
| WAPA: Western Area Power Administration | Federal | — | — | — | — | — |
Ordered by residential customers in California. Short-form filers are small utilities that report only totals to EIA, so no residential price is available; their all-sector revenue per kWh was Lassen Municipal Utility District 23.51¢, Plumas-Sierra Rural Elec Coop 22.24¢. A utility with no customers shown reported its retail sales elsewhere or delivers power that other companies bill for.
Against the state and the country
| Measure, 2024 | Utilities listing Lassen County | California | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average residential price per kWh | 26.38¢ median | 31.97¢ | 16.48¢ |
| Average monthly residential bill | $164.22 median | $160.86 | $142.26 |
| SAIDI, all events (minutes) | 509.3 median | 74.0 median | 184.5 median |
| SAIDI, without major event days | 275.6 median | 50.4 median | 99.8 median |
| Utilities counted | 5 | 59 | 1,413 |
Outage minutes reported
SAIDI for 2024 across each utility's whole system, including major event days (paler bars: only the figure without major event days was reported). Not a measure of outages in Lassen County itself.
Population: 28,117 (U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimate). Statewide, residential sales came to 2,181 kWh per resident in 2024.
Other California counties
- Humboldt County 2
- Imperial County 3
- Inyo County 3
- Kern County 2
- Kings County 2
- Lake County 1
- Los Angeles County 7
- Madera County 3
- Marin County 1
- Mariposa County 1
- Mendocino County 2
- Merced County 4
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Questions and answers
Who provides electricity in Lassen County?
Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Lassen Municipal Utility District, Plumas-Sierra Rural Elec Coop, Surprise Valley Electrification and WAPA: Western Area Power Administration list the county in their Form EIA-861 service territory for 2024. Territories overlap, and a utility may cover only a corner of the county.
What is the electricity price in Lassen County?
EIA has no county-level prices. The utilities serving the county reported average residential prices of 13.14¢ to 39.62¢ per kilowatthour across their California customers in 2024; the state average was 31.97¢.
How reliable is power in Lassen County?
Reliability is reported per utility, not per county. The utilities listed reported a median of 509.3 minutes of interruption per customer in 2024 including major event days and 275.6 minutes excluding them.
Provenance
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 for 2024, final release: service territory file (counties by utility), sales to ultimate customers, reliability and short form files. State and US averages: Form EIA-861M workbook. Population: U.S. Census Bureau. Public domain. To confirm the utility at an address, ask the utility or the state utility commission.