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investor-owned utility · EIA utility 14328
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
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. Annual figures: Form EIA-861 for 2024, final release. Monthly state figures run to July 2026.
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. is an investor-owned utility that reported 5,047,461 residential customers in California on Form EIA-861 for 2024, with a service territory that touches 50 counties.
Its average residential price that year was 39.62¢ per kilowatthour, 24% above the California average of 31.97¢ and 140% above the US average of 16.48¢. The figure is residential revenue divided by residential sales, so it folds in fixed charges, riders and every rate schedule the utility bills under.
That works out to an average residential bill of $198.05 a month on average use of 500 kWh a month. Across California the average bill was $160.86 on 503 kWh, so a bill gap reflects how much power households use as well as what each kilowatthour costs.
The price covers the 1,856,780 residential customers on bundled service. A further 3,190,681 take delivery only and buy their energy from another supplier; EIA collects just part of their bill from this respondent, so they are left out of the average.
For reliability it reported a SAIDI of 509.3 minutes per customer with major event days included and 275.6 minutes with them excluded, calculated under IEEE 1366 standard. The median among California utilities reporting was 74.0 minutes with major event days; this utility's figure is 588% above that median.
The average price is up 77.3% on 2019, against up 66.9% for California as a whole, and up 16.4% on 2023.
Compared with California, the US and other investor-owned utilities
| Measure, 2024 | This utility | Investor-owned utilities, US median | California | United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average residential price per kWh | 39.62¢ | 16.17¢ | 31.97¢ | 16.48¢ |
| Average monthly residential bill | $198.05 | $131.47 | $160.86 | $142.26 |
| Average monthly use, kWh | 500 | 787 | 503 | 863 |
| Residential price change, 1 year | +16.4% | — | +8.3% | +3.0% |
| Residential price change, 5 years | +77.3% | — | +66.9% | +26.7% |
| SAIDI, all events (minutes) | 509.3 | 278.7 | 74.0 median | 184.5 median |
| SAIDI, without major event days | 275.6 | 106.5 | 50.4 median | 99.8 median |
State and US prices, bills and use are EIA's own averages over every customer. The ownership column and the reliability columns are medians across utilities with at least 1,000 residential customers, computed on this site from the final 2024 file. Among the 6 filings by investor-owned utilities in California, the median price was 31.55¢. In California this utility's price ranks 3 of 30, counting from the highest.
Average price by year
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.California averageUS average
Year by year
| Year | ¢ per kWh | California ¢ | Monthly bill | kWh a month | Residential customers | All sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39.62¢ | 31.97¢ | $198.05 | 500 | 5,047,461 | 74.2 TWh |
| 2023 | 34.04¢ | 29.51¢ | $166.40 | 489 | 4,977,155 | 73.3 TWh |
| 2022 | 30.98¢ | 25.84¢ | $169.17 | 546 | 4,931,190 | 78.1 TWh |
| 2021 | 25.86¢ | 22.82¢ | $149.85 | 579 | 4,947,963 | 78.9 TWh |
| 2020 | 23.65¢ | 20.45¢ | $138.26 | 585 | 4,910,766 | 78.8 TWh |
| 2019 | 22.35¢ | 19.15¢ | $117.98 | 528 | 4,845,482 | 78.5 TWh |
| 2018 | 22.22¢ | 18.84¢ | $107.88 | 486 | 4,798,734 | 80.2 TWh |
| 2017 | 21.18¢ | 18.31¢ | $110.30 | 521 | 4,808,754 | 82.6 TWh |
| 2016 | 19.94¢ | 17.39¢ | $100.50 | 504 | 4,760,208 | 83.4 TWh |
| 2015 | 18.03¢ | 16.99¢ | $92.99 | 516 | 4,749,486 | 86.2 TWh |
| 2014 | 16.73¢ | 16.25¢ | $89.54 | 535 | 4,679,175 | 86.9 TWh |
| 2013 | 17.02¢ | 16.23¢ | $94.15 | 553 | 4,689,150 | 87 TWh |
Bundled residential service only in the price, bill and use columns. Bill = residential revenue ÷ customers ÷ 12; use = residential sales ÷ customers ÷ 12.
Month by month
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.California average
Sales by sector, 2024
| Sector | Customers | Sales | Share of sales | Revenue | ¢ per kWh, bundled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 5,047,461 | 26 TWh | 35% | $8,238,576,000 | 39.62¢ |
| Commercial | 585,807 | 28.8 TWh | 39% | $7,442,691,000 | 39.46¢ |
| Industrial | 92,135 | 19 TWh | 26% | $4,022,637,000 | 33.15¢ |
| Transportation | 1 | 370.7 GWh | 0% | $17,435,100 | — |
Customers, sales and revenue count every service type the utility reported (bundled, energy-only and delivery-only). The price column uses bundled service alone, because part-bill revenue would understate it. Sources of energy: 86.7 TWh in total, of which 37.4% was its own net generation and 54.2 TWh was bought wholesale; summer peak demand 18,987 MW.
Reliability
Minutes of sustained interruption per customer in 2024, as the utility reported them under IEEE 1366 standard. SAIFI: 2.15 interruptions per customer with major event days, 1.82 without; CAIDI 236.4 minutes per interruption. EIA's California total across all reporting utilities was 279.6 minutes with major event days and 158.2 without. Major event days are storms and similar events that a utility's chosen method sets apart; methods differ, so treat comparisons as approximate. What SAIDI and SAIFI mean.
| Year | SAIDI, all events | SAIDI, no major events | SAIFI, all events | SAIFI, no major events | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 509.3 | 275.6 | 2.15 | 1.82 | IEEE 1366 |
| 2023 | 711.7 | 255.9 | 2.22 | 1.56 | IEEE 1366 |
| 2022 | 326.4 | 255.8 | 1.78 | 1.63 | IEEE 1366 |
| 2021 | 626.3 | 218.2 | 1.84 | 1.32 | IEEE 1366 |
| 2020 | 444.1 | 137.0 | 1.34 | 1.04 | IEEE 1366 |
| 2019 | 1,355.1 | 134.1 | 1.80 | 1.00 | IEEE 1366 |
| 2018 | 301.6 | 126.3 | 1.18 | 1.08 | IEEE 1366 |
| 2017 | 374.2 | 113.4 | 1.55 | 0.96 | IEEE 1366 |
| 2016 | 121.9 | 108.9 | 1.10 | 1.02 | IEEE 1366 |
| 2015 | 147.2 | 96.0 | 1.05 | 0.87 | IEEE 1366 |
| 2014 | 133.3 | 133.3 | 1.01 | 1.01 | IEEE 1366 |
| 2013 | 119.4 | 104.1 | 0.97 | 0.91 | IEEE 1366 |
Generation at plants it operates, 2025
- Nuclear 55.2% 17.6 TWh
- Hydro 25.8% 8.2 TWh
- Natural gas 18.4% 5.8 TWh
- Solar 0.5% 174.5 GWh
Net generation of 31.8 TWh at power plants this utility operates, from Form EIA-923. It is not the mix delivered to customers: utilities also buy power wholesale (54.2 TWh in 2024), sell generation to others and may co-own plants that another company operates.
Counties in its service territory
- Alameda County
- Alpine County
- Amador County
- Butte County
- Calaveras County
- Colusa County
- Contra Costa County
- El Dorado County
- Fresno County
- Glenn County
- Humboldt County
- Kern County
- Kings County
- Lake County
- Lassen County
- Madera County
- Marin County
- Mariposa County
- Mendocino County
- Merced County
- Modoc County
- Monterey County
- Napa County
- Nevada County
- Placer County
- Plumas County
- Sacramento County
- San Benito County
- San Bernardino County
- San Diego County
- San Francisco County
- San Joaquin County
- San Luis Obispo County
- San Mateo County
- Santa Barbara County
- Santa Clara County
- Santa Cruz County
- Shasta County
- Sierra County
- Siskiyou County
- Solano County
- Sonoma County
- Stanislaus County
- Sutter County
- Tehama County
- Trinity County
- Tulare County
- Tuolumne County
- Yolo County
- Yuba County
Counties the utility listed on Form EIA-861 for 2024. Listing a county does not mean the utility serves all of it.
Other utilities in California
| Utility | Ownership | Residential customers | ¢ per kWh | Monthly bill | SAIDI, all events | SAIDI, no major events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Gas & Electric Co mostly delivery | Investor-owned | 1,364,361 | 43.63¢ | $159.10 | 157.2 | 71.1 |
| Southern California Edison Co | Investor-owned | 4,594,415 | 32.43¢ | $164.02 | 158.3 | 100.2 |
| Liberty Utilities | Investor-owned | 43,902 | 25.92¢ | $144.49 | 742.8 | 496.2 |
| Bear Valley Electric Service | Investor-owned | 23,327 | 30.67¢ | $95.01 | 101.0 | 64.2 |
| Los Angeles Department of Water & Power | Municipal | 1,410,191 | 23.84¢ | $115.63 | 111.2 | 111.2 |
| San Diego Community Power energy only | Community choice | 852,720 | — | — | — | — |
| Clean Power Alliance of Southern Califor energy only | Community choice | 753,633 | — | — | — | — |
| Sacramento Municipal Util Dist | Public power district | 592,557 | 17.87¢ | $125.54 | 228.0 | 44.4 |
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Questions and answers
How much does electricity cost from Pacific Gas & Electric Co.?
Residential customers paid an average of 39.62¢ per kilowatthour in 2024. EIA derives this by dividing residential revenue by residential sales; it is an average across all rate schedules and charges, not a tariff rate.
How does that compare with California?
The California average residential price in 2024 was 31.97¢ and the US average 16.48¢; Pacific Gas & Electric Co. was 24% above the state figure. Among 30 utility filings with a bundled residential price in California, it had the 3rd highest.
What is the average Pacific Gas & Electric Co. bill?
$198.05 a month in 2024, on average residential use of 500 kWh a month (annual revenue and sales divided by customers and by twelve). The California average was $160.86 on 503 kWh.
How reliable is Pacific Gas & Electric Co. service?
It reported 509.3 minutes of interruption per customer (SAIDI) including major event days and 275.6 minutes excluding them, with 2.15 interruptions per customer (SAIFI) in 2024. Utilities calculate these under differing methods, so comparisons are approximate.
Is the Pacific Gas & Electric Co. price rising?
The average residential price was up 16.4% in 2024 compared with 2023 and up 77.3% compared with 2019.
Which counties does Pacific Gas & Electric Co. serve?
Its Form EIA-861 service territory lists 50 counties, including Alameda County, CA, Alpine County, CA, Amador County, CA, Butte County, CA, Calaveras County, CA and Colusa County, CA. A county can appear in several utilities' territories.
Provenance
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration. Annual figures are from Form EIA-861 (sales to ultimate customers, reliability, operational data and service territory files), final release for 2024, respondent "Pacific Gas & Electric Co.", utility number 14328. Monthly utility figures are from the Form EIA-861M sample. State and US averages are from the Form EIA-861M sales and revenue workbook, published through July 2026. Generation by fuel is from Form EIA-923, 2025 final. All are US government works in the public domain. Page built 30 Sep 2026. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections. For tariffs and rate schedules, consult the utility or the state utility commission.