[ Liberty Utilities / CA ]
Liberty Utilities electricity rates in California
NO RATE CASE ON FILE · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
What your bill becomes
Estimated at Liberty Utilities's average effective residential rate (27.65¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 13.90¢ | — | 41,980 |
| 2016 | 13.61¢ | −2.1% | 42,279 |
| 2017 | 13.79¢ | +1.3% | 42,323 |
| 2018 | 14.11¢ | +2.3% | 42,882 |
| 2019 | 13.42¢ | −4.9% | 43,032 |
| 2020 | 14.00¢ | +4.3% | 44,013 |
| 2021 | 15.23¢ | +8.8% | 43,546 |
| 2022 | 15.90¢ | +4.4% | 43,856 |
| 2023 | 18.75¢ | +17.9% | 43,902 |
| 2024 | 25.92¢ | +38.2% | 43,902 |
| 2025 | 27.65¢ | +6.7% | 44,507 |
How this compares
Serves 7 counties in California: Alpine, El Dorado, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sierra. 23 ZIP codes.
Questions
Is Liberty Utilities raising rates in 2026?
No rate case for Liberty Utilities is on file with the California Public Utilities Commission in our tracker. Its average residential rate moved +6.7% from 2024 to 2025. We check the commission docket monthly.
What does Liberty Utilities charge per kWh?
Liberty Utilities's average effective residential rate was 27.65¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). California's 2025 average was 31.35¢.
How much have Liberty Utilities rates gone up in five years?
+97.5% between 2020 and 2025, against +49.4% for California as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Liberty Utilities have in California?
44,507 residential customers in 2025, across 7 counties including Alpine, El Dorado, Mono, 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)
