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Electric utilities serving San Bernardino 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.

San Bernardino County, California, appears in the Form EIA-861 service territory of 11 utilities for 2024; Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Southern California Edison Co and Bear Valley Electric Service are the largest by residential customers statewide.

Their average residential prices ran from 24.85¢ to 39.62¢ per kilowatthour, with a median of 31.55¢, 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 129.7 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 2,224,091. 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.

11utilities list the county6 on EIA's short form
31.55¢median of their residential pricesCalifornia 31.97¢ · US 16.48¢
$148.70median of their monthly billsCalifornia $160.86
129.7median SAIDI minutes, all eventsCalifornia median 74.0

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

UtilityOwnershipResidential customers¢ per kWhMonthly billSAIDI, all eventsSAIDI, no major events
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. mostly deliveryInvestor-owned5,047,46139.62¢$198.05509.3275.6
Southern California Edison CoInvestor-owned4,594,41532.43¢$164.02158.3100.2
Bear Valley Electric ServiceInvestor-owned23,32730.67¢$95.01101.064.2
City of ColtonMunicipal17,47224.85¢$133.3750.450.4
Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Utility short formMunicipal3,592————
City of Needles short formMunicipal3,040————
Colorado River Indian Irr Proj short formFederal1,845————
DOD USMC Marine Air Ground Combat short formFederal1,514————
Aha Macav Power Service short formPublic power district116————
City of Victorville short formMunicipal91————
WAPA: Western Area Power AdministrationFederal—————

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 Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Utility 15.35¢, City of Needles 17.42¢, Colorado River Indian Irr Proj 11.78¢, DOD USMC Marine Air Ground Combat 16.72¢, Aha Macav Power Service 10.66¢, City of Victorville 19.85¢. 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, 2024Utilities listing San Bernardino CountyCaliforniaUnited States
Average residential price per kWh31.55¢ median31.97¢16.48¢
Average monthly residential bill$148.70 median$160.86$142.26
SAIDI, all events (minutes)129.7 median74.0 median184.5 median
SAIDI, without major event days82.2 median50.4 median99.8 median
Utilities counted11591,413

Outage minutes reported

Pacific Gas & Electric Co.509.3 min
Southern California Edison Co158.3 min
Bear Valley Electric Service101 min
City of Colton50.4 min

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 San Bernardino County itself.

Population: 2,224,091 (U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimate). Statewide, residential sales came to 2,181 kWh per resident in 2024.

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Questions and answers

Who provides electricity in San Bernardino County?

Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Southern California Edison Co, Bear Valley Electric Service, City of Colton, Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Utility and City of Needles and 5 more 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 San Bernardino County?

EIA has no county-level prices. The utilities serving the county reported average residential prices of 24.85¢ to 39.62¢ per kilowatthour across their California customers in 2024; the state average was 31.97¢.

How reliable is power in San Bernardino County?

Reliability is reported per utility, not per county. The utilities listed reported a median of 129.7 minutes of interruption per customer in 2024 including major event days and 82.2 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.