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Los Angeles Department of Water & Power electricity: 1,510,995 accounts in California, SAIDI 111 min in 2024
Roughly 1,510,995 California accounts belong to Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, classed by EIA as municipal; the residential count is 1,410,191. Its home price moved +55.0% from 2015 to 2024, 33.2 points slower than California.
Castaic Power Plant Front. Photo by Sirbatch, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. Illustrative, not a listed utility's plant.
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power: 485 kWh a month costs roughly $116 in energy at 23.84 ¢/kWh, -25.4% on the California average of 31.97 ¢.
Its home price moved +55.0% from 2015 to 2024, 33.2 points slower than California.
Los Angeles Department: price path since 2015
Home price since 2015
+55.0%California +88.2%, a gap of -33.2 points
The record that sets Los Angeles Department of Water & Power apart is the path of its home price: 15.38 ¢ in 2015, 23.84 ¢ in 2024. That is +55.0%, while the California average went +88.2%, so this utility climbed slower by 33.2 points.
Among California utilities with 20,000+ homes it stood 8th cheapest of 21 in 2015 and is 14th of 21 in 2024, so it fell down the list.
How it compares
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, 2024
Home
Business
Bill
SAIDI
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power
23.84 ¢/kWh
21.95 ¢/kWh
$116at 485 kWh
111 minSAIDI
California average against this company, which is 14 of 21 on price
Los Angeles Department: +11.1% on 2024 for homes, California -1.9%.
Los Angeles Department home price, 2025
26.48 ¢/kWh+11.1% on 2024, early release
Los Angeles Department SAIDI, 2025
89 min-20% on 2024, early release
Los Angeles Department against California, 2025
+13.0 pointsLos Angeles Department +11.1%, California -1.9%, price in California 31.35 ¢
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power: 26.48 ¢/kWh in the 2025 early release, +11.1% from 23.84 ¢; California as a whole went -1.9%, so Los Angeles Department ran ahead of it by 13.0 points. Its SAIDI is 89 minutes against 111 in 2024.
Carbon context
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power serves 1,410,191 homes in California. At 485 kWh a month that is about 87 kg of CO₂, or 1,039 kg a year, at the California plant rate, state generation and not this utility: California generation mix.
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power charts
Residential price since 2015: 23.84 ¢ in 2024
15.38 ¢ in 2015, 23.84 ¢ in 2024 (+55.0%); California 16.99 to 31.97 ¢.
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power billed homes 15.38 ¢/kWh in 2015 and 23.84 ¢ in 2024, +55.0% in all, and lagged the California average (+88.2%) by 33.2 points. Los Angeles Department of Water & Power's sharpest move came in 2018, +9.9%. The latest year is the high at 23.84 ¢; the low was 15.26 ¢ (2016). 2024: +3.7% here, +8.3% for the California average. SAIDI at Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (major events excluded) rose from 92 minutes in 2015 to 111 in 2024, +20%; worst year 2023 at 141. Los Angeles Department of Water & Power filed SAIDI under the national median in 2 of 10 years; its 2024 figure was 111 minutes, +12 from that year's median. 2017: 221 minutes with major events, 121 without, the widest gap of any year. Los Angeles Department of Water & Power has 13 cheaper and 7 higher-priced California peers among 21 with 20,000+ homes. Next cheaper, Alameda Municipal Power, bills 22.98 ¢ (-0.86). Next higher-priced, Liberty Utilities, bills 25.92 ¢ (+2.08).
Price is the selling point in this record: 25.4% under the California average, with 111 outage minutes close to the national median (1.12x).
Home accounts at Los Angeles Department of Water & Power went from 1,315,413 in 2015 to 1,410,191 in 2024, +7.2%. Business customers paid 0.92 times the home price in 2024 (21.95 against 23.84 ¢); the ratio was 0.97 in 2015. SAIFI went from 0.74 in 2015 to 0.66 in 2024, between 0.66 and 0.97.
Outages and home price of Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (EIA utility 11208), 2013 to 2024
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power customers lost power for 111 minutes in 2024, up from 65 in 2013 (+71%). Its best year was 2013 (65 min), its worst 2023 (141 min), across 12 filed years. Against a California median of 58 minutes in 2024, Los Angeles Department of Water & Power was above the middle.
Corrected for inflation, a Los Angeles Department of Water & Power home paid 24.46 ¢/kWh in 2024 against 19.51 ¢ in 2013, +25.4%; the bill itself went 14.12 ¢ to 23.84 ¢ (+68.9%). A home using 1,000 kWh a month paid $2,341 for the year at the 2013 real price and $2,936 at the 2024 price. Place on home price: 13th cheapest of 37 in 2013, 22nd of 36 in 2024 among California utilities with 1,000+ homes.
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power outage minutes a customer, 2013 to 2024: 111 in 2024
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power at 111 min in 2024 and the California median at 58.
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power home price since 2013: +25.4% after inflation
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power: 24.46 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 23.84 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, EIA utility 11208, year by year among California utilities
Los Angeles Department of 2013-2024: 12 rows
Year, Los Angeles Department of
¢ billed
¢ in 2025 $
Price place, Los Angeles Department of
SAIDI min
SAIFI
SAIDI place, Los Angeles Department of
California median SAIDI
2013
14.12
19.51
13 of 37
65
0.45
8 of 12
57
2014
14.99
20.39
14 of 41
78
0.65
7 of 11
65
2015
15.38
20.90
16 of 44
92
0.74
6 of 10
78
2016
15.26
20.47
10 of 44
83
0.68
9 of 14
72
2017
16.65
21.87
25 of 45
121
0.97
12 of 16
58
2018
18.31
23.47
29 of 45
105
0.73
11 of 16
73
2019
19.99
25.17
41 of 51
113
0.78
14 of 18
81
2020
20.63
25.67
27 of 35
114
0.69
13 of 16
58
2021
21.19
25.18
29 of 34
140
0.76
14 of 16
73
2022
22.24
24.46
27 of 34
109
0.74
13 of 17
68
2023
22.99
24.29
27 of 37
141
0.69
16 of 19
61
2024
23.84
24.46
22 of 36
111
0.66
16 of 20
58
Los Angeles Department of, EIA utility 11208: EIA-861, CPI-U.
What kind of utility is Los Angeles Department of Water & Power?
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power files with EIA as a municipal utility. In California, municipal utilities serve 15% of residential customers at an average 23.0 cents per kWh, 35% below investor-owned utilities in California. Los Angeles Department of Water & Power itself averaged 23.8 cents, 0.9 cents above its type in California.
In 2024 the average Los Angeles Department of Water & Power customer was without power 111 minutes without major events and 111 with them. That is 14th fewest of 18 California utilities with 10,000+ customers. The median California utility reported 58 minutes.
Questions on Los Angeles Department of Water & Power
How big is Los Angeles Department of Water & Power in California, by customer accounts?
1,510,995 accounts in 2024: residential 1,410,191, commercial 91,304, industrial 9,498.
How many cents per kWh does Los Angeles Department of Water & Power charge homes?
In 2024 homes paid 23.84 cents; against the California average that is -25.4%.
What are the SAIDI and SAIFI of Los Angeles Department of Water & Power?
SAIDI 111.2 min and SAIFI 0.66 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 1.12, CAIDI 168 min.
How many net-metered systems connect to Los Angeles Department of Water & Power?
89,711 installations with 678.3 MW, of which residential installations number 87,951.
What would a typical Los Angeles Department of Water & Power home pay each month?
485 kWh at 23.84 cents comes to about $116, energy only.
Is Los Angeles Department of Water & Power cheaper than other California utilities?
Rank 14 of 21 in California on price, -25.4% against the state average; 13 charge less than 23.84 ¢.
What share of Los Angeles Department of Water & Power sales do homes buy?
Homes take 38.5% of 21,347,075 MWh, commercial accounts 56.1%, industrial and other 5.4%; the 91,304 commercial accounts use 131,193 kWh each, 22.5 times a home.
At Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, are smart meters in homes, with a TOU option?
Los Angeles Department offers a home time-of-use rate; 14,400 customers use dynamic pricing, 1.02% of its homes.
Has Los Angeles Department of Water & Power moved up the California price list since 2015?
8th cheapest of 21 in 2015, 14th of 21 in 2024; its price rose 55.0% while California rose 88.2%.
How does Los Angeles Department of Water & Power compare with 6 similar utilities?
Place 6 of 7 on home price at 23.84 ¢ (California municipals); median 20.20 ¢, cheapest member 16.88 ¢.
Did Los Angeles Department of Water & Power cut or raise its 2025 home price?
26.48 cents per kWh, +11.1% on the 23.84 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).
Utilities with a similar home price
Home prices nearest to Los Angeles Department of Water & Power at 23.84 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.
EIA-861 form instructions for Los Angeles Department of Water & Power electricity: 1,510,995 accounts in California, SAIDI 111 min in 2024, how a customer is counted
EIA state profiles for Los Angeles Department of Water & Power electricity: 1,510,995 accounts in California, SAIDI 111 min in 2024, the state price average
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Los Angeles Department of Water & Power: 485 kWh a month costs roughly $116 in energy at 23.84 ¢/kWh, -25.4% on the California average of 31.97 ¢.
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author = "Electric Consumer",
title = {Los Angeles Department of Water & Power price trend: 26.48 ¢/kWh in 2025, SAIDI 111 min in 2024},
year = {2026},
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