18.93¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Sacramento Municipal Util Dist / CA ]
Sacramento Municipal Util Dist electricity rates in California
PUBLIC BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+5.9%
vs 2024
601,275
residential customers
+23.9%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
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Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Sacramento Municipal Util Dist's average effective residential rate (18.93¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 13.49¢ | — | 546,155 |
| 2016 | 13.92¢ | +3.2% | 549,787 |
| 2017 | 14.06¢ | +1.0% | 552,678 |
| 2018 | 14.45¢ | +2.8% | 557,352 |
| 2019 | 14.91¢ | +3.2% | 562,578 |
| 2020 | 15.28¢ | +2.5% | 567,232 |
| 2021 | 16.21¢ | +6.1% | 571,078 |
| 2022 | 16.74¢ | +3.3% | 574,344 |
| 2023 | 16.89¢ | +0.9% | 583,291 |
| 2024 | 17.87¢ | +5.8% | 592,557 |
| 2025 | 18.93¢ | +5.9% | 601,275 |
How this compares
31.35¢
California average, 2025
−39.6%
Sacramento Municipal Util Dist vs CA 2025 average
+9.9%
vs US 2025 average
#25
priciest in CA
Serves 3 counties in California: Placer, Sacramento, Yolo. 149 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Sacramento Municipal Util Dist's average residential rate has gone from 13.49¢ to 18.93¢ per kWh: +40.3% over 10 years, or about +3.4% a year. It rose in 10 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +6.1% in 2021.
For a home using 494 kWh a month, the California average, Sacramento Municipal Util Dist's 2025 rate works out to about $1,122 a year, $736 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 25th most expensive.
Sacramento Municipal Util Dist served 546,155 homes in 2015 and 601,275 in 2025 (+10.1%), about 4% of California's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Sacramento Municipal Util Dist's rates
Sacramento Municipal Util Dist is a public power utility run by its own governing board, which sets its rates. How much the California Public Utilities Commission oversees those rates depends on California law.
Commission contact: California Public Utilities Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is Sacramento Municipal Util Dist raising rates in 2026?
Sacramento Municipal Util Dist's rates are set by its governing 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 +5.9% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Sacramento Municipal Util Dist charge per kWh?
Sacramento Municipal Util Dist's average effective residential rate was 18.93¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). California's 2025 average was 31.35¢.
How much have Sacramento Municipal Util Dist rates gone up in five years?
+23.9% between 2020 and 2025, against +49.4% for California as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Sacramento Municipal Util Dist have in California?
601,275 residential customers in 2025, across 3 counties including Placer, Sacramento, Yolo, 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)