Sonoma electricity and gas rates
At typical use (500 kWh of electricity and 32 therms of gas a month), electricity and gas for a Sonoma house cost about $285 a month: about $3,420 a year. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.
Who supplies power and gas to Sonoma houses and what a typical house uses: about 500 kWh of electricity and 32 therms of gas a month.
Electricity: PG&E delivery with Sonoma Clean Power CleanStart generation
Sonoma Clean Power is the default electricity generation provider in Sonoma County (except Healdsburg and Ukiah), and Petaluma is one of the cities on its governing board; PG&E delivers the power and bills for both. PG&E schedule E-1 (effective June 1, 2026) total bundled rates are $0.32561 per kWh for Tier 1 (up to baseline) and $0.40702 for Tier 2, including a $0.12855 generation charge and a Bundled Power Charge Indifference Adjustment of ($0.01011). CCA customers pay all E-1 charges except the generation charge and the Bundled PCIA. Sonoma Clean Power's CleanStart E1 rate is $0.08099 per kWh (effective September 1, 2026), and the PG&E-SCP rate comparison lists PCIA/FF of $0.03745 per kWh. PG&E's base services charge for Income Tier 3 is $0.79343 a day. Baseline territory X's basic baseline is 9.8 kWh a day in summer (June 1 through September 30) and 9.7 in winter.
| 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 Sonoma (95476). 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 a described portion of Sonoma County in baseline territory T and all other parts of the county in territory X, whose baseline is 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 |
How Sonoma compares with nearby cities
Electricity and gas, a month
- Sonoma$285
- Petaluma · 10 mi$285
- Rohnert Park · 14 mi$285
- Vallejo · 17 mi$303
- Novato · 15 mi$309
- Napa · 9 mi$312
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: Apply with PG&E; application forms are also available through community agencies.
Sources
- sonomacleanpower.org frequently-asked-questions
- sonomacleanpower.org Residential-Rates-Effective-9.1.2026.pdf
- sonomacleanpower.org who-we-are
- www.cpuc.ca.gov 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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