Albany electricity and gas rates
At typical use (500 kWh of electricity and 32 therms of gas a month), electricity and gas for a Albany house cost about $330 a month: about $3,960 a year. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.
Who supplies power and gas to Albany houses and what a typical house uses: about 499.9 kWh of electricity and 32 therms of gas a month. The city adds a 9.5% utility users tax.
Electricity: Ava Community Energy (Renewable 100)
The City of Albany helped found Ava in 2016. Albany's default electricity option for residents (except those on CARE, FERA, and/or Medical Baseline rates) is Ava's Renewable 100 service. Ava says Renewable 100 costs an additional 1¾ cent per kilowatt-hour above PG&E rates.
| Charge | Price |
|---|---|
| Fixed charge | $24.13 a month |
| First 217.99 kWhs a month | 34.31¢ |
| Next kWhs above 217.99 a month | 42.45¢ |
Gas: PG&E
Albany is in PG&E's gas service territory. Schedule G-1 (effective October 1, 2026): $2.42480 per therm baseline and $2.92792 excess, plus the non-CARE residential public purpose surcharge of $0.12103 per therm. PG&E's baseline territory T covers the westerly part of Alameda County. Territory T baseline: 0.56 therms a day in summer (April-October), 1.31 in November, February and March, and 1.68 in December and January.
| Charge | Price |
|---|---|
| Fixed charge | $0.00 a month |
| First 28.41 therms a month | $2.5458 |
| Next therms above 28.41 a month | $3.0490 |
How Albany compares with nearby cities
Electricity and gas, a month
- Emeryville · 4 mi$318
- Berkeley · 2 mi$324
- Albany$330
- San Pablo · 5 mi$338
- El Cerrito · 2 mi$341
- Richmond · 5 mi$348
At each city's typical use, with any city utility tax.
Ways to pay less
- Low-income households: Waste Management discount. Households enrolled in PG&E's CARE program get a 25% low-income discount on residential trash rates (for example $15.24 off the 20-gallon cart). How: Send Waste Management a recent PG&E invoice showing CARE enrollment; call 510-613-8710.
- Income-qualified households: PG&E CARE on gas. CARE gives income-qualified customers a 20% discount on their natural gas bill. How: Contact PG&E for a CARE application.
Sources
Checked October 28, 2026. Every number here comes from the public sources listed, matched by our checker.
Rates change every year; this page shows when it was last checked. Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.
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