WatsonvilleHome costs

Watsonville electricity and gas rates

At typical use (370 kWh of electricity and 31 therms of gas a month), electricity and gas for a Watsonville house cost about $293 a month: about $3,510 a year. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.

Who supplies power and gas to Watsonville houses and what a typical house uses: about 370 kWh of electricity a month. The city adds a 6% utility users tax.

Electricity: 3CE generation with PG&E delivery

3CE comparison-sheet total for plan E-1 (3Cchoice generation, PG&E delivery and PCIA/FF).

ChargePrice
Fixed charge$24.13 a month
Per kWh45.70¢

Gas: PG&E

PG&E Schedule G-1 baseline total of $2.42480 per therm plus the residential public purpose surcharge; use above baseline is billed at a higher rate ($2.92792 total before the surcharge). The fixed figure is the schedule's $0.13151 per day Minimum Transportation Charge; the Transportation Charge will be no less than it.

ChargePrice
Fixed charge$4.00 a month
Per therm$2.5458

How Watsonville compares with nearby cities

Electricity and gas, a month

  1. Scotts Valley · 16 mi$278
  2. Gilroy · 12 mi$285
  3. Morgan Hill · 16 mi$285
  4. Watsonville$293
  5. Marina · 17 mi$335
  6. Santa Cruz · 15 mi$362

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

Ways to pay less

  • CARE enrollees: exempt from Watsonville's gas and electric tax. A residential user enrolled in PG&E's CARE program is exempt from the city's gas and electric tax. How: File an exemption application with the city's Tax Administrator.
  • Seniors 65+ or SSI-disabled: exempt from the gas and electric tax. A residential user who is 65 or older and head of household, or who meets the SSI disability criteria, is exempt from the gas and electric tax. How: File an exemption application with the city's Tax Administrator.

Sources

  1. PG&E gas service territory map

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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