Lynwood electricity and gas rates
At typical use (523 kWh of electricity and 35 therms of gas a month), electricity and gas for a Lynwood house cost about $295 a month: about $3,540 a year. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.
Who supplies power and gas to Lynwood houses and what a typical house uses: about 523 kWh of electricity and 35 therms of gas a month.
Electricity: Southern California Edison
Clean Power Alliance 50% Clean Power (the City's default) at $0.12282 per kWh generation plus SCE delivery $0.25631 per kWh = $0.37913 per kWh; the Cost Responsibility Surcharge and franchise fee shown separately on the comparison are not included. 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).
| Charge | Price |
|---|---|
| Fixed charge | $24.15 a month |
| Per kWh | 37.91¢ |
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.
| Charge | Price |
|---|---|
| Fixed charge | $4.87 a month |
| Per therm | $1.9292 |
How Lynwood compares with nearby cities
Electricity and gas, a month
- South Gate · 1 mi$292
- Compton · 3 mi$292
- Cudahy · 3 mi$292
- Bell Gardens · 4 mi$292
- Lynwood$295
- Huntington Park · 4 mi$321
At each city's typical use, with any city utility tax.
Ways to pay less
- Low income: smaller SCE Base Services Charge. SCE's Base Services Charge is $6.00 a month for CARE-enrolled customers and $12.08 for FERA-enrolled customers, instead of $24.15. How: Households that qualify can enroll in SCE's CARE or FERA program.
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.
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