Modesto electricity and gas rates
Who supplies power and gas to Modesto houses and what a typical house uses: about 808 kWh of electricity and 32 therms of gas a month.
Electricity: Modesto Irrigation District
Rate Schedule D, residential: $32.00 fixed monthly; first 500 kWh $0.17759 (summer, May-September) or $0.15279 (winter, October-April), over 500 kWh $0.21349 or $0.18249. The Environmental Energy Adjustment is $0.0120/kWh, the CIA is $0.0028/kWh, and the Power Cost Adjustment is $0.00000/kWh.
| Charge | Price |
|---|---|
| Fixed charge | $32.00 a month |
| First 500 kWhs a month | 17.79¢ |
| Next kWhs above 500 a month | 21.02¢ |
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. Stanislaus County is territory S: baseline 0.39 therms a day in summer (April-October), 1.38 in the winter off-peak months and 1.94 in the winter on-peak months.
| Charge | Price |
|---|---|
| Fixed charge | $0.00 a month |
| First 27.25 therms a month | $2.5458 |
| Next therms above 27.25 a month | $3.0490 |
Ways to pay less
- Low-income MID customers: MID CARES. A discount of 60% is applied to the Fixed Monthly Charge and a discount of 23.1% to the first 850 kWh of Electric Usage for low income customers who meet eligibility requirements and are enrolled in the MID CARES program. How: Enroll in MID CARES.
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Checked October 22, 2026. Every number here comes from the public sources listed, matched by our checker.
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