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Commerce electricity and gas rates

At typical use (523 kWh of electricity and 35 therms of gas a month), electricity and gas for a Commerce house cost about $292 a month: about $3,510 a year. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.

Who supplies power and gas to Commerce houses and what a typical house uses: about 523 kWh of electricity and 35 therms of gas a month.

Electricity: Southern California Edison

SCE Domestic rate with SCE generation: $0.37392 per kWh in total (generation $0.11761 + delivery $0.25631), an average monthly bill of $195.56 at 523 kWh; SCE rates as of June 1, 2026. SCE's Base Services Charge is $24.15 a month for customers not in CARE, FERA or affordable-housing programs (residential customers; those on the Domestic Multifamily Accommodation rate, Schedule DM, are exempt).

ChargePrice
Fixed charge$24.15 a month
Per kWh37.39¢

Gas: SoCalGas

SoCalGas's March 2026 average non-CARE residential bill was $72.39 a month for a typical 35 therms; its bundled residential average rate (transportation, public purpose surcharge and gas commodity) is about $2.10 per therm, and gas commodity rates change monthly. SoCalGas's non-CARE residential fixed charge was $0.16 per day as of September 2025.

ChargePrice
Fixed charge$4.87 a month
Per therm$1.9292

How Commerce compares with nearby cities

Electricity and gas, a month

  1. Monterey Park · 4 mi$289
  2. Commerce$292
  3. Bell Gardens · 2 mi$292
  4. Montebello · 3 mi$292
  5. Cudahy · 3 mi$292
  6. Huntington Park · 4 mi$321

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

Sources

  1. CPUC gas fixed charge workshop slides
  2. SoCalGas natural gas rates, March 2026
  3. City of Commerce: utilities (trash, water, electricity and gas providers)

Checked October 29, 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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