21.50¢
per kWh, 2025
[ City of Burbank Water and Power / CA ]
City of Burbank Water and Power electricity rates in California
CITY SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+11.7%
vs 2024
46,719
residential customers
+35.8%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at City of Burbank Water and Power's average effective residential rate (21.50¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 15.81¢ | — | 46,259 |
| 2016 | 16.16¢ | +2.2% | 46,148 |
| 2017 | 16.51¢ | +2.2% | 46,215 |
| 2018 | 16.57¢ | +0.4% | 46,140 |
| 2019 | 15.81¢ | −4.6% | 46,294 |
| 2020 | 15.83¢ | +0.1% | 46,098 |
| 2021 | 15.90¢ | +0.4% | 46,152 |
| 2022 | 16.01¢ | +0.7% | 46,290 |
| 2023 | 17.12¢ | +6.9% | 46,688 |
| 2024 | 19.25¢ | +12.4% | 46,157 |
| 2025 | 21.50¢ | +11.7% | 46,719 |
How this compares
31.35¢
California average, 2025
−31.4%
City of Burbank Water and Power vs CA 2025 average
+24.8%
vs US 2025 average
#19
priciest in CA
Serves 1 county in California: Los Angeles. 22 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, City of Burbank Water and Power's average residential rate has gone from 15.81¢ to 21.50¢ per kWh: +36.0% over 10 years, or about +3.1% a year. It rose in 9 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +12.4% in 2024. The largest drop was −4.6% in 2019.
For a home using 494 kWh a month, the California average, City of Burbank Water and Power's 2025 rate works out to about $1,275 a year, $584 less than at California's average rate of 31.35¢. Of the 32 California utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 19th most expensive.
City of Burbank Water and Power served 46,259 homes in 2015 and 46,719 in 2025 (+1.0%), under 1% of California's residential electricity customers.
Who sets City of Burbank Water and Power's rates
City of Burbank Water and Power is a municipal utility owned by the local government. The city council or a local utility board sets its rates, usually after a public meeting, and the California Public Utilities Commission generally does not.
Commission contact: California Public Utilities Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is City of Burbank Water and Power raising rates in 2026?
City of Burbank Water and Power's rates are set by the city council or a local utility board, not through a rate case at the California Public Utilities Commission, so check its own notices for a change this year. Its average residential rate moved +11.7% from 2024 to 2025.
What does City of Burbank Water and Power charge per kWh?
City of Burbank Water and Power's average effective residential rate was 21.50¢ 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 Burbank Water and Power rates gone up in five years?
+35.8% between 2020 and 2025, against +49.4% for California as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does City of Burbank Water and Power have in California?
46,719 residential customers in 2025, across 1 county including Los Angeles, 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)