17.88¢
per kWh, 2025
[ City of Santa Clara / CA ]
City of Santa Clara electricity rates in California
NO RATE CASE ON FILE · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+5.9%
vs 2024
54,000
residential customers
+45.4%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at City of Santa Clara's average effective residential rate (17.88¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 11.53¢ | — | 45,139 |
| 2016 | 11.90¢ | +3.2% | 45,655 |
| 2017 | 12.27¢ | +3.1% | 46,859 |
| 2018 | 12.38¢ | +0.9% | 47,167 |
| 2019 | 12.63¢ | +2.0% | 48,874 |
| 2020 | 12.30¢ | −2.6% | 49,672 |
| 2021 | 13.10¢ | +6.5% | 48,756 |
| 2022 | 13.89¢ | +6.0% | 50,889 |
| 2023 | 14.75¢ | +6.2% | 49,383 |
| 2024 | 16.88¢ | +14.4% | 50,949 |
| 2025 | 17.88¢ | +5.9% | 54,000 |
How this compares
31.35¢
California average, 2025
−43.0%
City of Santa Clara vs CA 2025 average
+3.8%
vs US 2025 average
#28
priciest in CA
Serves 1 county in California: Santa Clara. 17 ZIP codes.
Questions
Is City of Santa Clara raising rates in 2026?
No rate case for City of Santa Clara is on file with the California Public Utilities Commission in our tracker. Its average residential rate moved +5.9% from 2024 to 2025. We check the commission docket monthly.
What does City of Santa Clara charge per kWh?
City of Santa Clara's average effective residential rate was 17.88¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). California's 2025 average was 31.35¢.
How much have City of Santa Clara rates gone up in five years?
+45.4% between 2020 and 2025, against +49.4% for California as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does City of Santa Clara have in California?
54,000 residential customers in 2025, across 1 county including Santa Clara, according to the EIA-861 survey.
Where do these numbers come from?
Rates and customer counts are from the US Energy Information Administration's annual EIA-861 survey; rate-case facts are from the California Public Utilities Commission docket linked on this page. Nothing here is a utility bill; use it to understand the direction and size of changes.
Sources
- EIA-861 Sales to Ultimate Customers, 2015–2025 (released 2026-10-07)
- EIA-861M monthly state averages through Jul 2026
- NREL utility-by-ZIP lookup (2024)