LivingstonHome costs

Livingston electricity and gas rates

At typical use (500 kWh of electricity and 32 therms of gas a month), electricity and gas for a Livingston 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 Livingston 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. Merced Irrigation District also serves Livingston homes.

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 (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).

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 Livingston compares with nearby cities

Electricity and gas, a month

  1. Turlock · 11 mi$239
  2. Modesto · 23 mi$269
  3. Newman · 17 mi$278
  4. Livingston$280
  5. Atwater · 7 mi$280
  6. Merced · 15 mi$280

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

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

  1. PG&E Electric Schedule E-1
  2. PG&E Electric Preliminary Statement Part A
  3. PG&E Gas Schedule G-1
  4. PG&E Gas Preliminary Statement Part A
  5. PG&E Gas Schedule G-PPPS
  6. CPUC: CARE and FERA
  7. EIA California natural gas consumption
  8. EIA California natural gas consumers

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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