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City of Riverside - (CA)

City of Riverside - (CA) served 101,042 residential customers in California in 2025 (0.7% of the state's residential customers), the 22nd largest of 59 utilities reporting there. Bundled service; ownership: municipal; balancing authority CISO.

The meter, one average month.

Scroll to run 30 days of City of Riverside - (CA)'s average residential use through a five-dial register.

Day 30 of 30

Used so far: 616 kWh
At 21.94¢/kWh: $135

An average 2025 month: 616 kWh at 21.94¢ comes to about $135, the average bill. Use is spread evenly over 30 days for the picture.

Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh

Where 21.94¢ sits.

City of Riverside - (CA) averaged 21.94¢ per kWh against a California residential average of 32.54¢: 32.6% below the state figure. Among the 19 municipal utilities in California with bundled residential sales, it ranks 10th from the lowest price.

21.94¢ this utility

32.54¢ CA avg

2020 and 2025EIA-861

Five years, same meter.

In 2020 the average City of Riverside - (CA) home used 668 kWh a month at 16.95¢ and paid $113. In 2025 it used 616 kWh at 21.94¢ and paid $135: the price per kWh is up 29.4%.

City of Riverside - (CA), California, residential averages, 2020 and 2025
Measure	2020	2025
Price, ¢/kWh	16.95	21.94
Use, kWh a month	668	616
Bill, US$ a month	113.23	135.25

City of Riverside - (CA) customers and sales by class in California, 2025, EIA-861 (bundled service)
Class	Customers	MWh sold	¢/kWh
Residential	101,042	747,335	21.94
Commercial	12,377	441,810	20.05
Industrial	698	914,078	15.89

Who else is on the line

Homes are one class.

Homes took 35.5% of the electricity City of Riverside - (CA) sold in California in 2025.

Rooftop solar on its linesnet metering

7,975 roofs.

Residential net-metered PV: 7,975installations reported for 2025
Capacity: 48.6 MWresidential, net metered
Per 1,000 homes: 78.9installations per 1,000 residential customers

Service territoryEIA-861

1 counties.

Riverside

Counties in California where City of Riverside - (CA) reported serving customers in 2025 (1 in all; up to 24 listed).

EIA-8612025Utility 16088

The filing, line by line.

City of Riverside - (CA), California, residential class, 2025. Price basis: revenue divided by kWh sold, all residential customers.
Measure	Value	Unit
Average price	21.94	¢/kWh
California average price	32.54	¢/kWh
Difference from state average	-32.6	%
Price change over 5 years	29.4	%
Typical monthly use	616	kWh
Typical monthly bill	135.25	US$
Residential customers	101,042	accounts
Share of CA residential customers	0.7	%
Size rank in CA	22 of 59	by customers
Price rank, municipal peers	10 of 19	1 = lowest

Rate plans on fileOpenEI URDB

1 active plans.

Time-of-use: 1more than one energy period within a month
Seasonal only: 0price changes by month, not by hour
Median fixed charge: $20US dollars per month

Active residential plans: not ended, started within the last 5 years, latest version of each plan name. Time-of-use means more than one energy period within a single month; plans whose price changes only by season are counted as seasonal.

California: state average, five-year steps and every provider