41.12¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Bear Valley Electric Service / CA ]
Bear Valley Electric Service electricity rates in California
NO RATE CASE ON FILE · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+34.1%
vs 2024
23,395
residential customers
+41.4%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
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Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Bear Valley Electric Service's average effective residential rate (41.12¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 28.58¢ | — | 22,248 |
| 2016 | 29.79¢ | +4.2% | 22,356 |
| 2017 | 27.71¢ | −7.0% | 22,470 |
| 2018 | 27.13¢ | −2.1% | 22,791 |
| 2019 | 26.40¢ | −2.7% | 22,853 |
| 2020 | 29.08¢ | +10.2% | 22,967 |
| 2021 | 30.40¢ | +4.5% | 23,091 |
| 2022 | 30.67¢ | +0.9% | 23,173 |
| 2023 | 32.52¢ | +6.0% | 23,285 |
| 2024 | 30.67¢ | −5.7% | 23,327 |
| 2025 | 41.12¢ | +34.1% | 23,395 |
How this compares
31.35¢
California average, 2025
+31.2%
Bear Valley Electric Service vs CA 2025 average
+138.7%
vs US 2025 average
#2
priciest in CA
Serves 1 county in California: San Bernardino. 7 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Bear Valley Electric Service's average residential rate has gone from 28.58¢ to 41.12¢ per kWh: +43.9% over 10 years, or about +3.7% a year. It rose in 6 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +34.1% in 2025. The largest drop was −7.0% in 2017.
For a home using 494 kWh a month, the California average, Bear Valley Electric Service's 2025 rate works out to about $2,438 a year, $579 more than at California's average rate of 31.35¢. Of the 32 California utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 2nd most expensive.
Bear Valley Electric Service served 22,248 homes in 2015 and 23,395 in 2025 (+5.2%), under 1% of California's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Bear Valley Electric Service's rates
Bear Valley Electric Service is investor-owned, so it can change its base rates only by filing a rate case with the California Public Utilities Commission. The commission holds hearings and takes public comment before it rules, and it usually approves less than the company asks for. Fuel and other pass-through charges can change between rate cases.
Commission contact: California Public Utilities Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is Bear Valley Electric Service raising rates in 2026?
No rate case for Bear Valley Electric Service is on file with the California Public Utilities Commission in our tracker. Its average residential rate moved +34.1% from 2024 to 2025. We check the commission docket monthly.
What does Bear Valley Electric Service charge per kWh?
Bear Valley Electric Service's average effective residential rate was 41.12¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). California's 2025 average was 31.35¢.
How much have Bear Valley Electric Service rates gone up in five years?
+41.4% between 2020 and 2025, against +49.4% for California as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Bear Valley Electric Service have in California?
23,395 residential customers in 2025, across 1 county including San Bernardino, 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, which every US utility files. 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)