Oceanside electricity and gas rates

Who supplies power and gas to Oceanside houses and what a typical house uses: about 346 kWh of electricity and 24 therms of gas a month.

Electricity: SDG&E delivery with Clean Energy Alliance generation

All Oceanside residents are automatically enrolled in Clean Energy Alliance's Clean Impact Plus option, with the option to opt down or opt out; CEA's generation charges and SDG&E's delivery charges come on one SDG&E bill. For a typical residential TOU-DR1 customer in Clean Energy Alliance using 346 kWh a month (12 months of billing history, rates as of August 1, 2026), Clean Impact Plus totals $0.49874 per kWh, an average monthly bill of $172.56; the Clean Impact plan is $0.45903 per kWh, $158.82 a month. SDG&E's Base Services Charge is $0.79343 per day.

ChargePrice
Fixed charge$24.13 a month
Per kWh42.90¢

Gas: SDG&E

SDG&E's bundled residential average gas rate for March 2026, $2.768 per therm, which includes gas transportation, the Public Purpose Program Surcharge and gas commodity costs. Commodity rates are set monthly and may be higher or lower. The CPUC lists SDG&E's residential fixed charge as $0.13 per day (non-CARE, September 2025).

ChargePrice
Fixed charge$3.95 a month
Per therm$2.5469

Ways to pay less

  • CARE households: 20% off gas. Customers enrolled in the California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE) program receive a 20% discount on their SDG&E natural gas bill. How: See SDG&E discount programs at sdge.com/assistance.

Sources

  1. City of Oceanside: Energy (Clean Energy Alliance)
  2. Clean Energy Alliance
  3. Clean Energy Alliance / SDG&E TOU-DR1 rate comparison, rates as of August 1, 2026
  4. City of Vista: Clean Energy Alliance rate relief (default product, opt-down)
  5. SDG&E natural gas rate alert, March 2026
  6. SDG&E natural gas rate alert, January 2026
  7. CPUC gas rate design workshop slides (R.24-09-012)
  8. SDG&E News: safe operation of San Diego's natural gas system

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.