ChowchillaHome costs

Chowchilla electricity and gas rates

At typical use (500 kWh of electricity and 32 therms of gas a month), electricity and gas for a Chowchilla house cost about $280 a month: about $3,360 a year. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.

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

Electricity: PG&E

PG&E tiered rate E-1: 32.561¢ per kWh up to the baseline and 40.702¢ above. Madera County under 4,000 feet is baseline territory R. Base services charge for Income Tier 3: $0.79343 a day.

ChargePrice
Fixed charge$24.13 a month
First 390.35 kWhs a month32.56¢
Next kWhs above 390.35 a month40.70¢

Gas: PG&E

Schedule G-1: $2.42480 per therm baseline and $2.92792 excess, plus the residential public purpose surcharge of $0.12103 per therm (the non-CARE rate; the CARE rate is $0.07522). Madera County under 4,000 feet is territory R.

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

How Chowchilla compares with nearby cities

Electricity and gas, a month

  1. Chowchilla$280
  2. Merced · 18 mi$280
  3. Atwater · 26 mi$280
  4. Livingston · 33 mi$280
  5. Los Banos · 33 mi$280
  6. Fresno · 34 mi$280

At each city's typical use, with any city utility tax.

Sources

  1. PG&E electric Part A
  2. PG&E gas Part A
  3. EIA CA gas consumption
  4. EIA CA gas consumers
  5. PG&E gas service area maps (ZIP list)

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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