Redwood City electricity and gas rates

At typical use (374 kWh of electricity and 32 therms of gas a month), electricity and gas for a Redwood City house cost about $239 a month: about $2,870 a year. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.

Who supplies power and gas to Redwood City houses and what a typical house uses: about 374 kWh of electricity and 32 therms of gas a month.

Electricity: PG&E delivery with WestLight Energy generation

WestLight Energy (formerly Peninsula Clean Energy) is the community electricity provider for San Mateo County, and customers are enrolled automatically. WestLight's E-1 rate from July 1, 2026 is $0.07506 per kWh generation, $0.11252 with PG&E surcharges (2016 vintage PCIA and franchise fee). PG&E schedule E-1 total bundled rates are $0.32561 per kWh up to baseline and $0.40702 above, including $0.12855 generation and a Bundled Power Charge Indifference Adjustment of ($0.01011); the Income Tier 3 base services charge is $0.79343 a day. PG&E's tariff puts the part of San Mateo County inside a boundary that begins where the county's northern line meets the Pacific shore, below 1,500 feet, in baseline territory T: 6.5 kWh a day in summer (June 1 through September 30) and 7.5 in winter.

ChargePrice
Fixed charge$24.13 a month
First 217.99 kWhs a month31.97¢
Next kWhs above 217.99 a month40.11¢

Gas: PG&E

PG&E's gas service territory map lists San Mateo (94401, 94402, 94403, 94404, 94497). 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. PG&E's Schedule G-1 lists baseline territory T allowances of 0.56 therms a day in summer (April-October), 1.31 in November, February and March, and 1.68 in December and January.

ChargePrice
Fixed charge$0.00 a month
First 28.41 therms a month$2.5458
Next therms above 28.41 a month$3.0490

How Redwood City compares with nearby cities

Electricity and gas, a month

  1. Palo Alto · 9 mi$211
  2. Redwood City$239
  3. Foster City · 4 mi$239
  4. Menlo Park · 4 mi$239
  5. East Palo Alto · 6 mi$239
  6. San Mateo · 6 mi$239

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

Ways to pay less

  • Income-qualified households: PG&E CARE on gas. CARE gives income-qualified customers a 20% discount on their natural gas bill. How: Contact PG&E for an application.

Sources

  1. www.westlightenergy.org source
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Checked October 28, 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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