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Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. served 1,738,444 residential customers in California in 2025 (12.1% of the state's residential customers), the 1st largest of 59 utilities reporting there. Bundled service; ownership: investor owned; balancing authority CISO.
The meter, one average month.
Scroll to run 30 days of Pacific Gas & Electric Co.'s average residential use through a five-dial register.
- Used so far
- 464 kWh
- At 37.52¢/kWh
- $174
Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh
Where 37.52¢ sits.
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. averaged 37.52¢ per kWh against a California residential average of 32.54¢: 15.3% above the state figure. Among the 6 investor owned utilities in California with bundled residential sales, it ranks 4th from the lowest price.
2020 and 2025EIA-861
Five years, same meter.
In 2020 the average Pacific Gas & Electric Co. home used 585 kWh a month at 23.65¢ and paid $138. In 2025 it used 464 kWh at 37.52¢ and paid $174: the price per kWh is up 58.7%.
| Measure | 2020 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Price, ¢/kWh | 23.65 | 37.52 |
| Use, kWh a month | 585 | 464 |
| Bill, US$ a month | 138.26 | 173.95 |
| Class | Customers | MWh sold | ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 1,738,444 | 9,672,473 | 37.52 |
| Commercial | 200,371 | 7,355,715 | 38.42 |
| Industrial | 69,867 | 7,161,035 | 32.54 |
Who else is on the line
Homes are one class.
Homes took 40.0% of the electricity Pacific Gas & Electric Co. sold in California in 2025.
Rooftop solar on its linesnet metering
924,854 roofs.
- Residential net-metered PV
- 924,854installations reported for 2025
- Capacity
- 5948.3 MWresidential, net metered
- Per 1,000 homes
- 532.0installations per 1,000 residential customers
Service territoryEIA-861
50 counties.
AlamedaAlpineAmadorButteCalaverasColusaContra CostaEl DoradoFresnoGlennHumboldtKernKingsLakeLassenMaderaMarinMariposaMendocinoMercedModocMontereyNapaNevada
Counties in California where Pacific Gas & Electric Co. reported serving customers in 2025 (50 in all; up to 24 listed).
EIA-8612025Utility 14328
The filing, line by line.
| Measure | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Average price | 37.52 | ¢/kWh |
| California average price | 32.54 | ¢/kWh |
| Difference from state average | 15.3 | % |
| Price change over 5 years | 58.7 | % |
| Typical monthly use | 464 | kWh |
| Typical monthly bill | 173.95 | US$ |
| Residential customers | 1,738,444 | accounts |
| Share of CA residential customers | 12.1 | % |
| Size rank in CA | 1 of 59 | by customers |
| Price rank, investor owned peers | 4 of 6 | 1 = lowest |
Rate plans on fileOpenEI URDB
45 active plans.
- Time-of-use
- 25more than one energy period within a month
- Seasonal only
- 20price changes by month, not by hour
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