Hawthorne electricity and gas rates

Who supplies power and gas to Hawthorne houses and what a typical house uses: about 523 kWh of electricity and 35 therms of gas a month. The city adds a 5% utility users tax.

Electricity: Southern California Edison (delivery) + Clean Power Alliance (generation)

SCE Domestic rate with Clean Power Alliance 100% Green Power, which Hawthorne chose as its default energy option in 2022: $0.40019 per kWh in total (CPA generation $0.11954 + SCE delivery $0.25631 + surcharges $0.02434), an average monthly bill of $209.30 at 523 kWh. SCE rates as of June 1, 2026; CPA rates as of July 1, 2026. SCE's Base Services Charge is $24.15 a month for residential customers not in CARE, FERA or qualifying deed-restricted affordable housing (those pay $6.00 or $12.08); the Domestic Multifamily Accommodation rate (Schedule DM) is exempt from it.

ChargePrice
Fixed charge$24.15 a month
Per kWh40.02¢

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

Ways to pay less

  • Low income: SoCalGas CARE. Customers enrolled in CARE get a 20% discount on their SoCalGas bill. How: See SoCalGas assistance programs at socalgas.com.

Pay or manage it

Sources

  1. City of Hawthorne / Clean Power Alliance: Hawthorne default rate change flyer
  2. SCE and Clean Power Alliance joint rate comparison, July 2026
  3. Clean Power Alliance: communities choosing 100% Green Power (Oct. 2022)
  4. SoCalGas natural gas rates, March 2026
  5. CPUC gas fixed charge workshop slides

Checked October 21, 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.