Orinda electricity and gas rates
Who supplies power and gas to Orinda houses and what a typical house uses: about 500 kWh of electricity and 32 therms of gas a month.
Electricity: PG&E
PG&E schedule E-1, Income Tier 3 (customers who do not qualify for Tier 1 or Tier 2). Total bundled energy rates are $0.32561 per kWh for Tier 1 (up to baseline) and $0.40702 for Tier 2. PG&E's base services charge for Income Tier 3 is $0.79343 a day.
| Charge | Price |
|---|---|
| Fixed charge | $24.13 a month |
| First 296.06 kWhs a month | 32.56¢ |
| Next kWhs above 296.06 a month | 40.70¢ |
Gas: PG&E
PG&E's gas service territory includes Orinda. 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. Contra Costa County outside its S and T portions is gas baseline territory X: 0.49 therms a day in summer (April-October), 1.48 in November, February and March, and 2.00 in December and January.
| Charge | Price |
|---|---|
| Fixed charge | $0.00 a month |
| First 30.09 therms a month | $2.5458 |
| Next therms above 30.09 a month | $3.0490 |
Ways to pay less
- Income-qualified households: PG&E CARE or FERA. Electric utilities with 100,000+ customer accounts in California offer CARE discounts of 30–35%; FERA applies an 18% discount for families whose income slightly exceeds CARE limits. How: Apply with PG&E; application forms are also available through community agencies.
Sources
- EIA residential electricity use
- EIA gas consumption
- EIA gas consumers
- CPUC gas fixed charge slides
- PG&E gas public purpose surcharge
- CPUC CARE/FERA
- PG&E gas service area
- PG&E gas preliminary statement
- PG&E electric preliminary statement
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.