Atwater electricity and gas rates

Who supplies power and gas to Atwater houses and what a typical house uses: about 500 kWh of electricity and 32 therms of gas a month.

Electricity: PG&E

Tiered rate E-1 (effective June 1, 2026): 32.561¢ per kWh up to the baseline and 40.702¢ above. Merced County is baseline territory R: 17.7 kWh a day in summer (June 1 through September 30) and 10.4 kWh a day in winter (October 1 through May 31). Base services charge for Income Tier 3 (customers who do not qualify for Tier 1 or Tier 2): $0.79343 a day. Some parts of Atwater get electricity from Merced Irrigation District instead.

Charge	Price
Fixed charge	$24.13 a month
First 390.35 kWhs a month	32.56¢
Next kWhs above 390.35 a month	40.70¢

Gas: PG&E

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. Merced County is territory R: baseline 0.36 therms a day in summer (April-October), 1.24 in the winter off-peak months (November, February and March) and 1.81 in the winter on-peak months (December and January).

Charge	Price
Fixed charge	$0.00 a month
First 24.99 therms a month	$2.5458
Next therms above 24.99 a month	$3.0490

Ways to pay less

Income-qualified households: PG&E CARE or FERA. CARE takes 30–35% off electricity for income-qualified households; FERA takes 18% off for incomes slightly above the CARE limit. How: Apply with PG&E; application forms are also available through community agencies.

Sources

Checked October 22, 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.