SDGE ranks first for residential electricity cost in the continental U.S.
In EIA's 2024 residential bundled electricity data, San Diego Gas and Electric Co averaged 43.63 cents per kWh for residential bundled customers. Excluding Alaska and Hawaii, that places SDGE at the top of the continental U.S. ranking for providers with at least 1,000 residential customers.
Updated June 9, 2026. Source data: EIA 2024 Table 6, released October 7, 2025.
Average: 15.78 cents/kWh
Highest: SDGE, 43.63 cents/kWh
Lowest: PUD No. 1 Douglas County, 3.15 cents/kWh
SDGE rank: #1 of 1,355
Average: 15.84 cents/kWh
Highest: SDGE, 43.63 cents/kWh
Lowest: PUD No. 1 Douglas County, 3.15 cents/kWh
SDGE rank: #1 of 941
Average: 16.41 cents/kWh
Highest: SDGE, 43.63 cents/kWh
Lowest: Champion Energy Services, 9.98 cents/kWh
SDGE rank: #1 of 193
Top 10, continental U.S. providers with 1,000+ residential customers
EIA's average price is not a single rate-plan sticker price. It is revenue divided by electricity sales, so it reflects what residential bundled customers paid on average across the year.
| Rank | Provider | State | Customers | Average price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego Gas and Electric Co | CA | 307,982 | 43.63 cents/kWh |
| 2 | Fitchburg Gas and Elec Light Co | MA | 6,168 | 40.08 cents/kWh |
| 3 | City of Moreno Valley | CA | 7,936 | 39.87 cents/kWh |
| 4 | Block Island Utility District | RI | 1,629 | 39.66 cents/kWh |
| 5 | Pacific Gas and Electric Co | CA | 1,856,780 | 39.62 cents/kWh |
| 6 | Consolidated Edison Co-NY | NY | 2,715,069 | 35.66 cents/kWh |
| 7 | Nantucket Electric Co | MA | 2,055 | 35.11 cents/kWh |
| 8 | United Illuminating Co | CT | 256,302 | 34.04 cents/kWh |
| 9 | City of Glendale | CA | 77,563 | 33.81 cents/kWh |
| 10 | Massachusetts Electric Co | MA | 526,437 | 33.60 cents/kWh |
What the ranking says
SDGE is not just expensive compared with a national average. In this data cut, it is the highest-cost residential bundled provider in the continental United States with at least 1,000 residential customers.
The gap is large. SDGE's 43.63 cents/kWh average is about 2.8 times the 15.78 cents/kWh weighted average for continental U.S. providers with at least 1,000 residential customers.
This is a retrospective 2024 average, not a live 2026 tariff sheet.
It includes bundled residential sales reported to EIA, so it is useful for broad provider-to-provider comparisons. It does not replace a bill calculator using SDGE's current rate schedules, time periods, baseline allowances, and fixed charges.
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