35.51¢
per kWh, 2025
[ City of Glendale / CA ]
City of Glendale electricity rates in California
CITY SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+5.0%
vs 2024
78,071
residential customers
+68.5%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at City of Glendale's average effective residential rate (35.51¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 18.76¢ | — | 73,678 |
| 2016 | 19.45¢ | +3.7% | 74,176 |
| 2017 | 19.96¢ | +2.6% | 74,783 |
| 2018 | 19.83¢ | −0.7% | 75,589 |
| 2019 | 20.06¢ | +1.2% | 76,256 |
| 2020 | 21.08¢ | +5.1% | 76,700 |
| 2021 | 21.73¢ | +3.1% | 76,757 |
| 2022 | 23.32¢ | +7.3% | 76,929 |
| 2023 | 25.08¢ | +7.5% | 77,188 |
| 2024 | 33.81¢ | +34.8% | 77,563 |
| 2025 | 35.51¢ | +5.0% | 78,071 |
How this compares
31.35¢
California average, 2025
+13.3%
City of Glendale vs CA 2025 average
+106.1%
vs US 2025 average
#5
priciest in CA
Serves 1 county in California: Los Angeles. 31 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, City of Glendale's average residential rate has gone from 18.76¢ to 35.51¢ per kWh: +89.3% over 10 years, or about +6.6% a year. It rose in 9 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +34.8% in 2024. The largest drop was −0.7% in 2018.
For a home using 494 kWh a month, the California average, City of Glendale's 2025 rate works out to about $2,105 a year, $247 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 5th most expensive.
City of Glendale served 73,678 homes in 2015 and 78,071 in 2025 (+6.0%), under 1% of California's residential electricity customers.
Who sets City of Glendale's rates
City of Glendale 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 Glendale raising rates in 2026?
City of Glendale'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 +5.0% from 2024 to 2025.
What does City of Glendale charge per kWh?
City of Glendale's average effective residential rate was 35.51¢ 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 Glendale rates gone up in five years?
+68.5% between 2020 and 2025, against +49.4% for California as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does City of Glendale have in California?
78,071 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)