Tracy electricity and gas rates

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

Electricity: Ava Community Energy (Bright Choice generation) with PG&E delivery

The City of Tracy joined Ava in 2021, and its residential accounts are automatically enrolled in Ava's Bright Choice service; PG&E delivers the electricity and handles billing. Ava says its generation charges replace PG&E's and that Bright Choice customers pay 0.5% less for generation service. 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 $0.12855 generation and a Bundled Power Charge Indifference Adjustment of ($0.01011). PG&E's base services charge for Income Tier 3 is $0.79343 a day. PG&E's tariff puts all of San Joaquin County in baseline territory S: 15.0 kWh a day in summer (June 1 through September 30) and 10.2 in winter.

ChargePrice
Fixed charge$24.13 a month
First 358.92 kWhs a month32.50¢
Next kWhs above 358.92 a month40.64¢

Gas: PG&E

PG&E provides gas service in Tracy. 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 all of San Joaquin County in baseline territory S: 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

Sources

  1. Ava Community Energy: Tracy
  2. Ava Community Energy: San Joaquin County
  3. Ava Community Energy: Rates
  4. Ava Community Energy rate sheet, 2021 vintage (January 1, 2026)
  5. Ava Community Energy system fees (January 1, 2026)
  6. PG&E electric service area map (tariff)
  7. PG&E Electric Schedule E-1
  8. PG&E Electric Preliminary Statement Part A (baseline territories)
  9. PG&E gas service area map (tariff)
  10. PG&E Gas Schedule G-1
  11. PG&E Gas Schedule G-PPPS (public purpose surcharge)
  12. PG&E Gas Preliminary Statement Part A (baseline territories)
  13. CPUC SB 1221 workshop slides: gas fixed and minimum charges by utility
  14. EIA California natural gas consumption
  15. EIA California natural gas consumers
  16. CPUC: CARE and FERA programs

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.