21.94¢
per kWh, 2025
[ City of Riverside / CA ]
City of Riverside electricity rates in California
CITY SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+8.6%
vs 2024
101,042
residential customers
+29.4%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at City of Riverside's average effective residential rate (21.94¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 16.08¢ | — | 96,664 |
| 2016 | 16.08¢ | +0.0% | 96,778 |
| 2017 | 16.12¢ | +0.3% | 97,347 |
| 2018 | 15.95¢ | −1.1% | 97,588 |
| 2019 | 16.27¢ | +2.0% | 98,284 |
| 2020 | 16.95¢ | +4.2% | 98,914 |
| 2021 | 17.26¢ | +1.8% | 99,280 |
| 2022 | 18.06¢ | +4.6% | 99,639 |
| 2023 | 18.37¢ | +1.7% | 100,056 |
| 2024 | 20.20¢ | +10.0% | 100,450 |
| 2025 | 21.94¢ | +8.6% | 101,042 |
How this compares
31.35¢
California average, 2025
−30.0%
City of Riverside vs CA 2025 average
+27.3%
vs US 2025 average
#18
priciest in CA
Serves 1 county in California: Riverside. 22 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, City of Riverside's average residential rate has gone from 16.08¢ to 21.94¢ per kWh: +36.4% over 10 years, or about +3.2% a year. It rose in 8 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +10.0% in 2024. The largest drop was −1.1% in 2018.
For a home using 494 kWh a month, the California average, City of Riverside's 2025 rate works out to about $1,301 a year, $558 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 18th most expensive.
City of Riverside served 96,664 homes in 2015 and 101,042 in 2025 (+4.5%), under 1% of California's residential electricity customers.
Who sets City of Riverside's rates
City of Riverside 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 Riverside raising rates in 2026?
City of Riverside'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 +8.6% from 2024 to 2025.
What does City of Riverside charge per kWh?
City of Riverside's average effective residential rate was 21.94¢ 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 Riverside rates gone up in five years?
+29.4% between 2020 and 2025, against +49.4% for California as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does City of Riverside have in California?
101,042 residential customers in 2025, across 1 county including Riverside, 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)