Anaheim Public Utilities electric rates, bills and the 2025 increase
Anaheim Public Utilities's 107,148 residential customers in California paid an average of 19.37¢ per kWh in 2025, for an average bill of $92.09 a month on 476 kWh.1
EIA-861 2025 final, released October 7, 2026; the next annual release is due in August 2027. Averages are revenue divided by kWh, all charges included: not the rate printed in a tariff.
1 of 58 California counties served (EIA-861 2025)
Anaheim's city-owned utility sells electricity in the middle of Southern California Edison country at a much lower average price: 19.37¢ per kWh for homes in 2025, against 31.48¢ per kWh for SCE's bundled customers. The gap shrank that year, though, as Anaheim's residential average rose 13.2% while SCE's fell, and the typical bill climbed to $92.091 a month.
The average price per kWh, and why there is only an annual figure
Anaheim Public Utilities is a municipal utility owned by the City of Anaheim, and every one of its 107,148 residential customers buys both the electricity and its delivery from it. In 2025 those homes paid an average of 19.37¢ per kWh1, according to EIA's annual survey of every utility (Form EIA-861).
That number is average revenue per kWh: the utility's residential revenue divided by the kWh its homes used. It includes the monthly customer charge and every rate step and adjustment, so it will not match any single line of a rate schedule, and a home that uses little pays more per kWh than one that uses a lot.
EIA's monthly survey (Form EIA-861M) covers a sample of utilities, and Anaheim is not in it. Any Anaheim figure labelled 2026 therefore comes from somewhere other than EIA. The closest official monthly reading is statewide: California homes paid 32.34¢ per kWh2 over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026, all providers together, a figure weighted toward the large investor-owned utilities that says little about Anaheim.
Where the 2025 figure places Anaheim:
- In California: 6th lowest of the 25 utilities with 10,000 or more residential customers, and 38.2% below the California average (31.35¢ per kWh).
- Among public power in California: below the 22.74¢ per kWh average of all the state's public power utilities.
- Nationally: 38th highest of 177 large US utilities, and 33.7% above the national average for public power1. The US residential average that year was 17.23¢ per kWh3.
Inside Orange County, next to Edison
EIA's service-territory records place Anaheim Public Utilities in Orange County4 only, and Southern California Edison is among the other utilities that report customers in that county. The two averages are far apart: Anaheim homes paid 19.37¢ per kWh in 2025, SCE's bundled residential customers 31.48¢ per kWh. Two other city utilities in the region sit between them: Riverside Public Utilities 21.94¢ per kWh and LADWP 26.48¢ per kWh. SDG&E, to the south, averaged 45.77¢ per kWh1.
Source: EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2025 final. EIA-861 2025 final. Average revenue per kWh is all charges divided by kWh; it is not a tariff rate.
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| Utility | average residential price (bundled customers) |
|---|---|
| Anaheim Public Utilities (CA) | 19.37¢ |
| Riverside Public Utilities (CA) | 21.94¢ |
| LADWP (CA) | 26.48¢ |
| Southern California Edison (CA) | 31.48¢ |
| PG&E (CA) | 37.52¢ |
| SDG&E (CA) | 45.77¢ |
The pattern is statewide. California's public power utilities averaged 22.74¢ per kWh for bundled residential customers in 2025, its investor-owned utilities 33.91¢ per kWh1. The Legislative Analyst's Office report on residential electricity rates (January 2025) explains that the state does not regulate the rates of publicly owned utilities: their own governing boards set them, while the California Public Utilities Commission sets those of SCE, PG&E and SDG&E. Anaheim's prices are decided by the city, not in CPUC proceedings.
A street address in or near Anaheim does not settle the question by itself: city limits and utility boundaries are not the same thing, and the utilities' own service maps decide.
Source: EIA-861 2025, service territory; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file, counties. EIA-861 2025 service territory: 1 counties. Counts whole counties even where the utility serves only part of one; check the utility's own service-area map for an address.
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| County | Other utilities reporting service |
|---|---|
| Orange County | Southern California Edison, SDG&E |
2025: the price rose while SCE's fell
From 2024 to 2025, Anaheim's residential average went from 17.11¢ per kWh6 to 19.37¢ per kWh, an increase of 13.2%. Over the same two years SCE's bundled average changed −2.9% and California's average across all providers −1.9%, while the US residential average rose 4.6%3. The other city utilities nearby also rose, by less: Riverside +8.6%, LADWP +11.1%1.
The bill rose faster than the price. Use per home edged up from 467 kWh to 476 kWh a month, so the average bill went from $79.86 to $92.09 (+15.3%). At SCE the opposite happened: lower use and a lower average took its bundled bill from $164.026 to $149.07 (−9.1%1).
EIA's data record what customers paid, not why. The reasons for a change in Anaheim's rates are in the city's own rate decisions.
Same use as an SCE home, a much smaller bill
Anaheim homes used 476 kWh a month on average in 2025, practically the same as SCE's bundled homes (474 kWh1) and well below the 874 kWh of the average US home. California as a whole had the lowest use per home among the states, at 494 kWh7.
With consumption that close, the price gap passes almost straight through to the bill: $92.09 a month in Anaheim against $149.07 at SCE. Riverside's homes used more (616 kWh) and averaged $135.25; LADWP's used 469 kWh and averaged $124.201. The US average bill was $150.687.
Source: EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2025 final. EIA-861 2025 final. Average revenue per kWh is all charges divided by kWh; it is not a tariff rate.
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| Utility | average monthly residential bill |
|---|---|
| Anaheim Public Utilities (CA) | $92.09 |
| LADWP (CA) | $124.20 |
| Riverside Public Utilities (CA) | $135.25 |
| Southern California Edison (CA) | $149.07 |
These are annual averages. Without monthly data for Anaheim, EIA gives no breakdown of how its bills move between winter and summer.
Outages: a small fraction of the California average
Anaheim's customers averaged 32 minutes without power in 2025, counting every event, fewer than the California average of 345 minutes. Excluding major event days, the days IEEE 1366 flags as statistically exceptional, the figure is the same, 32 minutes: such days added nothing to the year's total. Each customer saw 0.59 interruptions on average, against 1.278 across California.
Edison's figures for the same year were 545 minutes including major event days and 116 minutes without them, with 1.398 interruptions per customer.
Source: EIA-861 2025, reliability. EIA-861 2025 final. Average revenue per kWh is all charges divided by kWh; it is not a tariff rate.
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| Utility | outage minutes per customer (all events) |
|---|---|
| Anaheim Public Utilities (CA) | 32 |
| Riverside Public Utilities (CA) | 88 |
| LADWP (CA) | 408 |
| Southern California Edison (CA) | 545 |
Advanced meters on almost every home, little time-of-use
Anaheim reported 99.7% of its residential meters as advanced (AMI) meters in 2025, the same share as SCE (99.7%) and above California's 87.8%. Few customers use them for time-varying pricing: 4,494 homes, 4.2% of the total, were enrolled in time-of-use, against 57.9% at SCE and 35.9%9 statewide. The utility's rate schedules list the time-of-use option and its hours; the time-of-use guide explains how such plans change a bill.
Rooftop solar is less common than in SCE's territory or in California as a whole. Anaheim counted 5,351 net-metered residential installations with 34.3 megawatts of capacity, 49.9 per 1,000 residential customers, against 158.7 at SCE and 156.09 across California. Power that panels produce and use on site is not in EIA's kWh per home, which counts only what the utility sells.
Businesses pay more per kWh than homes
Anaheim's 17,541 commercial customers paid an average of 20.91¢ per kWh in 2025, above the residential average, with an average monthly bill of $721.93. Its 264 industrial accounts paid 17.68¢ per kWh. Across all 124,953 accounts the average was 19.27¢ per kWh. At SCE, commercial customers paid 22.94¢ per kWh and industrial customers 20.43¢ per kWh1.
Households struggling with bills can apply for federal energy assistance: LIHEAP funding for California totalled $242.1 million10 in fiscal year 2026. For the statewide picture, see electricity in California.
Anaheim electric rates: questions readers ask
What does Anaheim Public Utilities charge per kWh?
Its residential customers paid an average of 19.37¢ per kWh1 in 2025 (EIA-861), up from 17.11¢ per kWh6 in 2024. That is everything billed to homes divided by the kWh they used, so it blends the monthly charges and every rate step; the separate charges are listed in the utility's rate schedules. EIA's monthly survey does not sample Anaheim, so there is no official 12-month or latest-month figure for it.
Did Anaheim electric rates go up?
Yes, in the latest annual data. From 2024 to 2025 the residential average rose 13.2% and the average bill went from $79.866 to $92.091. EIA's 2025 figures are the most recent for Anaheim; decisions for 2026 and 2027 are made by the City of Anaheim and published with its rate schedules.
What is the average Anaheim electric bill?
$92.09 a month in 2025 for 476 kWh of use per home, against $150.687 for the average US home and $149.071 for SCE's bundled customers.
Is Anaheim Public Utilities cheaper than SCE?
On average, yes: 19.37¢ per kWh for Anaheim homes in 2025, 31.48¢ per kWh1 for SCE's bundled residential customers. Neither can be chosen; the address decides which utility serves a home.
Related pages
Sources
- EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2025 final; table Sales_Ult_Cust_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
- EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state; table sales_revenue.xlsx (EPM Table 5.6.A); January 2001 to 2026-08; months since January 2026 preliminary; released October 23, 2026. www.eia.gov
- EIA, Historical state data, annual sales, revenue and customers; table HS861 2010-.xlsx; 2010-2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
- EIA-861 2025, service territory; table Service_Territory_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
- Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file, counties; table cb_2025_us_county_5m; cb_2021_us_county_5m; 2025 (2021 for Connecticut). www.census.gov
- EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2024 final; table Sales_Ult_Cust_2024; 2024, final (file updated December 3, 2025); released December 3, 2025. www.eia.gov
- EIA-861 2025, average monthly bill by state; table Average_Bill_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
- EIA-861 2025, reliability; table Reliability_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
- EIA-861 2025, advanced meters, dynamic pricing and net metering; table Advanced_Meters, Dynamic_Pricing, Net_Metering 2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
- HHS, LIHEAP funding releases to states; table FY2027 first release; FY2026 final; FY2027 first release (October 9, 2026); FY2026 total; released October 9, 2026. acf.gov
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