Berkeley electricity and gas rates
Who supplies power and gas to Berkeley houses and what a typical house uses: about 499.9 kWh of electricity and 32 therms of gas a month. The city adds a 7.5% utility users tax.
Electricity: Ava Community Energy (Renewable 100)
The City of Berkeley helped found Ava in 2016, and its residential accounts are automatically enrolled in Ava's Renewable 100 service (the default for Berkeley residents except those on CARE, FERA or Medical Baseline rates). Ava says Renewable 100 costs an additional 1¾ cent per kilowatt-hour above PG&E rates. PG&E schedule E-1 (effective June 1, 2026) total bundled rates are $0.32561 per kWh for Tier 1 (up to baseline) and $0.40702 for Tier 2. PG&E's base services charge for Income Tier 3 is $0.79343 a day.
| 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
Berkeley 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 |
Ways to pay less
- 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 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.