Rio VistaHome costs

Rio Vista electricity and gas rates

At typical use (500 kWh of electricity and 32 therms of gas a month), electricity and gas for a Rio Vista house cost about $281 a month: about $3,380 a year. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.

Who supplies power and gas to Rio Vista houses and what a typical house uses: about 500 kWh of electricity and 32 therms of gas a month.

Pay or manage it

Electricity: PG&E

PG&E's electric service territory map lists Rio Vista (ZIP code 94571). PG&E schedule E-1 (effective June 1, 2026) total rates are $0.32561 per kWh for Tier 1 usage (up to baseline) and $0.40702 for Tier 2. The base services charge for Income Tier 3 is $0.79343 a day. PG&E's tariff puts the North Bay Division portion of Solano County in baseline territory X and all other parts of Solano County in territory S, whose basic (Code B) baseline is 15.0 kWh a day in summer (June 1 through September 30) and 10.2 in winter; all-electric homes (Code H) get a higher baseline.

ChargePrice
Fixed charge$24.13 a month
First 358.92 kWhs a month32.56¢
Next kWhs above 358.92 a month40.70¢

Gas: PG&E

PG&E's gas service territory map lists Rio Vista (ZIP code 94571). 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 gas tariff puts the North Bay Division portion of Solano County in baseline territory X and all other parts of Solano County in territory S, whose baseline is 0.39 therms a day in summer (April-October), 1.38 in the winter off-peak months (November, February and March) and 1.94 in the winter on-peak months (December and January).

ChargePrice
Fixed charge$0.00 a month
First 27.25 therms a month$2.5458
Next therms above 27.25 a month$3.0490

How Rio Vista compares with nearby cities

Electricity and gas, a month

  1. Rio Vista$281
  2. Antioch · 15 mi$281
  3. Suisun City · 17 mi$281
  4. Brentwood · 17 mi$285
  5. Pittsburg · 15 mi$305
  6. Fairfield · 19 mi$311

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

Ways to pay less

  • Income-qualified households: PG&E CARE or FERA. CARE takes 30–35% off electricity and drops the base services charge to $6 a month; FERA takes 18% off for incomes slightly above the CARE limit. How: Application forms are also available through community agencies.

Sources

  1. care-fera-program

Checked October 29, 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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