California Electricity Prices: 31.35 US cents/kWh Residential, 2025

The average residential price of electricity in California was 31.35 US cents/kWh in 2025, the 2nd highest residential price of the 51 states and DC. That is over the previous year -1.9%, over five years +53.3%, over ten years +84.5%. Commercial customers paid 26.16 US cents/kWh and industrial customers 20.96 US cents/kWh in 2025. These are EIA statistics; they are not real time and do not include taxes or fees billed separately by some utilities.

Key Facts

The average residential price of electricity in California was 31.35 US cents/kWh in 2025, the 2nd highest residential price of the 51 states and DC.
Commercial customers in California paid an average of 26.16 US cents/kWh in 2025, and industrial customers 20.96 US cents/kWh.
California's residential electricity price rose 53.3% over the five years to 2025.
California's residential electricity price rose 84.5% over the ten years to 2025.
The most recent monthly figure for California is August 2026.

Key Figures

Measure	Value	As of / source
Residential price	31.35 US cents/kWh	2025 · EIA
Commercial price	26.16 US cents/kWh	2025 · EIA
Industrial price	20.96 US cents/kWh	2025 · EIA
All sectors	27.03 US cents/kWh	2025 · EIA
Residential price rank, highest first	2 of 51	2025 · EIA
Change over 1 year	-1.9%	to 2025 · EIA
Change over 5 years	+53.3%	to 2025 · EIA
Change over 10 years	+84.5%	to 2025 · EIA

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). (US Government work, public domain) Data as of 2025. Average revenue per kWh sold, including delivery charges and taxes collected by utilities, in nominal US cents.

Price History, 2001 to 2025

EIA annual statistics

California's average electricity price by customer sector from 2001 to 2025, in US cents per kWh. In 2025 the residential price was 31.35 US cents/kWh.

Annual statistics through 2025, US cents/kWh

California average electricity price by sector, 2001 to 2025
Year	All sectors	Residential	Commercial	Industrial
2001	11.22 US cents/kWh	12.09 US cents/kWh	12.15 US cents/kWh	9.23 US cents/kWh
2002	12.19 US cents/kWh	12.64 US cents/kWh	13.36 US cents/kWh	9.81 US cents/kWh
2003	11.78 US cents/kWh	12.23 US cents/kWh	12.48 US cents/kWh	9.59 US cents/kWh
2004	11.35 US cents/kWh	12.20 US cents/kWh	11.64 US cents/kWh	9.27 US cents/kWh
2005	11.63 US cents/kWh	12.51 US cents/kWh	11.92 US cents/kWh	9.55 US cents/kWh
2006	12.82 US cents/kWh	14.33 US cents/kWh	12.90 US cents/kWh	10.09 US cents/kWh
2007	12.80 US cents/kWh	14.42 US cents/kWh	12.82 US cents/kWh	9.98 US cents/kWh
2008	12.49 US cents/kWh	13.81 US cents/kWh	12.54 US cents/kWh	10.09 US cents/kWh
2009	13.24 US cents/kWh	14.74 US cents/kWh	13.27 US cents/kWh	10.42 US cents/kWh
2010	13.01 US cents/kWh	14.75 US cents/kWh	13.09 US cents/kWh	9.80 US cents/kWh
2011	13.05 US cents/kWh	14.78 US cents/kWh	13.05 US cents/kWh	10.11 US cents/kWh
2012	13.53 US cents/kWh	15.34 US cents/kWh	13.41 US cents/kWh	10.49 US cents/kWh
2013	14.30 US cents/kWh	16.23 US cents/kWh	14.20 US cents/kWh	11.44 US cents/kWh
2014	15.15 US cents/kWh	16.25 US cents/kWh	15.62 US cents/kWh	12.34 US cents/kWh
2015	15.42 US cents/kWh	16.99 US cents/kWh	15.73 US cents/kWh	12.17 US cents/kWh
2016	15.23 US cents/kWh	17.39 US cents/kWh	15.07 US cents/kWh	11.92 US cents/kWh
2017	16.06 US cents/kWh	18.31 US cents/kWh	15.76 US cents/kWh	12.73 US cents/kWh
2018	16.58 US cents/kWh	18.84 US cents/kWh	16.34 US cents/kWh	13.20 US cents/kWh
2019	16.89 US cents/kWh	19.15 US cents/kWh	16.67 US cents/kWh	13.40 US cents/kWh
2020	18.00 US cents/kWh	20.45 US cents/kWh	17.53 US cents/kWh	14.27 US cents/kWh
2021	19.65 US cents/kWh	22.82 US cents/kWh	19.18 US cents/kWh	14.82 US cents/kWh
2022	22.33 US cents/kWh	25.84 US cents/kWh	21.81 US cents/kWh	17.09 US cents/kWh
2023	24.87 US cents/kWh	29.51 US cents/kWh	23.91 US cents/kWh	18.64 US cents/kWh
2024	27.04 US cents/kWh	31.97 US cents/kWh	25.54 US cents/kWh	21.53 US cents/kWh
2025	27.03 US cents/kWh	31.35 US cents/kWh	26.16 US cents/kWh	20.96 US cents/kWh

Month by Month

EIA monthly statistics, preliminary for recent months, through August 2026

California's average electricity price by month, in US cents per kWh, from September 2025 to August 2026.

Monthly statistics through August 2026, US cents/kWh

California average electricity price, all sectors and residential, by month
Month	All sectors	Residential
2025-09	29.87 US cents/kWh	31.89 US cents/kWh
2025-10	28.16 US cents/kWh	33.62 US cents/kWh
2025-11	25.72 US cents/kWh	32.03 US cents/kWh
2025-12	26.68 US cents/kWh	29.95 US cents/kWh
2026-01	25.55 US cents/kWh	30.29 US cents/kWh
2026-02	26.55 US cents/kWh	33.22 US cents/kWh
2026-03	28.54 US cents/kWh	33.28 US cents/kWh
2026-04	27.37 US cents/kWh	35.29 US cents/kWh
2026-05	26.27 US cents/kWh	33.25 US cents/kWh
2026-06	28.49 US cents/kWh	34.74 US cents/kWh
2026-07	30.71 US cents/kWh	33.61 US cents/kWh
2026-08	29.02 US cents/kWh	29.75 US cents/kWh

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). (US Government work, public domain) Data as of August 2026.

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California Electricity Prices: 31.35 US cents/kWh Residential, 2025

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