PG&E in California: programs for its customers
Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) delivers electricity and natural gas in northern and central California.
Programs from PG&E
The program list for PG&E is being verified, and nothing appears here until it has been checked against its source.
Programs and rules that apply across California are on the California page.
Figures for California
These describe California as a whole. They are not PG&E's own rates or customers.
- What electricity costs
- 32.79 cents per kWhAverage residential price in California, 2025-06 to 2026-05. The price is up 54.4% over five years.Source: EIA Form 861M, trailing 12 months to 2026-05
- Energy cost against income
- 5.99% of incomeAverage household energy spending in California, as a share of median household income, 2024.Source: BEA Regional accounts; Census Bureau American Community Survey 1-year estimates; EIA State Energy Data System, 2024
- Rooftop solar
- 926.7 watts per householdResidential small-scale solar capacity in California, divided by its households, 2024.Source: Census Bureau American Community Survey 1-year estimates; EIA Form 861M small-scale solar, 2024
Grid operator
PG&E sits in California Independent System Operator (CAISO).
Wholesale prices through the day
Wholesale electricity costs more at some hours than at others. The chart averages a year of day-ahead prices, the prices a grid's market sets the day before, for each hour of the day.
In CAISO the dearest hours over the last year were 7, 8 and 9 pm Pacific time.
Work you can get done
Installers
No installer is listed for California yet. Building Energy Group does not rate installers and publishes no reviews.
Sources
- PG&E
- Figures: BEA Regional accounts
- Figures: Census Bureau American Community Survey 1-year estimates
- Figures: EIA Form 861M
- Figures: EIA Form 861M small-scale solar
- Figures: EIA State Energy Data System