Los Angeles Department of Water & Power electricity: 1,510,995 accounts in California, SAIDI 111

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. Major event days make 0% of its yearly outage minutes (111 with them, 111 without).

Castaic Power Plant hydroelectric pumped storage station in Los Angeles County, 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 ¢.

Major event days make 0% of its yearly outage minutes (111 with them, 111 without).

Los Angeles Department of: major event days

Share of SAIDI from major events: 0%111 minutes with events, 111 without

Major events weigh on Los Angeles Department of Water & Power: 111 minutes with them, 111 without, so 0% of the total comes from event days, 1.00 times the everyday figure.

SAIFI adds the frequency view: 0.66 interruptions a customer a year, 0.65 times the national median (1.01), with 168 minutes per interruption.

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	+8.13 ¢/kWhcompany 25.4% below	+3.59 ¢/kWhcompany 14.0% below	+$39a month at 485 kWh	-50 mincompany 50 above
Alameda Municipal PowerLowest in this table	22.98 ¢/kWhcompany 3.7% above	20.09 ¢/kWhcompany 9.3% above	$1114 less than company	55 mincompany 56 above

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Los Angeles Department of Water & Power: 2025

Los Angeles Department of: +11.1% on 2024 for homes, California +1.8%.

Los Angeles Department of home price, 2025: 26.48 ¢/kWh+11.1% on 2024, early release
Los Angeles Department of SAIDI, 2025: 89 min-20% on 2024, early release
Los Angeles Department of against California, 2025: +9.3 pointsLos Angeles Department of +11.1%, California +1.8%, price in California 32.54 ¢

Los Angeles Department of Water & Power: 26.48 ¢/kWh in the 2025 early release, +11.1% from 23.84 ¢; California as a whole went +1.8%, so Los Angeles Department of ran ahead of it by 9.3 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

Year	Los Angeles Department of Wa	Gap to California residential	Gap to U.S. residential
2015	15.38	-1.61	+2.73
2016	15.26	-2.13	+2.71
2017	16.65	-1.66	+3.76
2018	18.31	-0.53	+5.44
2019	19.99	+0.84	+6.98
2020	20.63	+0.18	+7.48
2021	21.19	-1.63	+7.53
2022	22.24	-3.60	+7.20
2023	22.99	-6.52	+6.99
2024	23.84	-8.13	+7.36

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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Los Angeles Department of Water & Power SAIDI, 2015-2024

92 min in 2015, 111 in 2024.

Los Angeles Department of Water & Power SAIDI by year, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows

Year	Los Angeles Department, no major events	Los Angeles Department, all events
2015	92	92
2016	83	117
2017	121	221
2018	105	142
2019	113	131
2020	114	140
2021	140	140
2022	109	109
2023	141	199
2024	111	111

10 rows from EIA-861 survey.

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Reliability: SAIDI 111.2 min

111.2 min, 1.12x the median reporter, rank 368 of 673.

min

Company, no major events111.2
Company, with major events111.2

Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, Reliability: EIA-861 survey.

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Analyst note

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 Wate 2013-2024: 12 rows

Year, Los Angeles Depart	¢ billed	¢ in 2025 $	Price place, Los Angeles De	SAIDI min	SAIFI	SAIDI place, Los Angeles De	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 o, EIA utility 11208: EIA-861, CPI-U.

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SAIDI explained, California real prices.

Facts

Customer accounts: 1,510,9959.4% of California total
Residential accounts: 1,410,1919.9% of California homes
Commercial accounts: 91,3046.0% of the base
Residential rate: 23.84 ¢/kWhplace 14 of 21, -25.4% against the state
Commercial rate: 21.95 ¢/kWhplace 17 of 25, -14.0% against the state
SAIDI, no major events: 111.2 minbetter than 45% of reporters
SAIFI, no major events: 0.660.65x the median
SAIDI with major events: 111.2 min0.0% from event days
Net-metered capacity: 678.3 MW89,711 installations
Counties served: 2all in California
Average residential use: 5,821 kWh/yr485 a month
Implied monthly bill: $116+$36 on the U.S. rate, 485 kWh
Residential rate since 2015: +55.0%15.38 to 23.84 ¢/kWh
SAIDI trend: +20%92 min in 2015, 111 in 2024

Data tables

2024 by sector, Los Angeles Department of Water & Power

Los Angeles Department of Water & Power sector	Accounts	Rate ¢/kWh	Gap to California ¢/kWh
Residential	1,410,191	23.84	-8.13
Commercial	91,304	21.95	-3.59

Year by year, Los Angeles Department of Water & Power

Year	Home accounts, Los Angeles Department	Home ¢	Business ¢	Ratio	SAIDI	SAIFI
2015	1,315,413	15.38	14.92	0.97	92	0.74
2016	1,322,380	15.26	14.65	0.96	83	0.68
2017	1,329,968	16.65	15.48	0.93	121	0.97
2018	1,338,239	18.31	16.80	0.92	105	0.73
2019	1,349,209	19.99	18.12	0.91	113	0.78
2020	1,354,678	20.63	18.80	0.91	114	0.69
2021	1,367,014	21.19	19.17	0.90	140	0.76
2022	1,389,532	22.24	20.37	0.92	109	0.74
2023	1,400,054	22.99	21.52	0.94	141	0.69
2024	1,410,191	23.84	21.95	0.92	111	0.66

Peers of Los Angeles Department of in California, place 14 of 21 on home price

Utility near Los Angeles Department of on price	SAIDI min, gap to Los Angeles Department of	Home ¢, gap to Los Angeles Department of	Gap % to Los Angeles Department of	Accounts, Los Angeles Department of = 1
11. Modesto Irrigation District	-68	-2.06	-8.6%	0.09
12. City of Lodi	-95	-1.36	-5.7%	0.02
13. Alameda Municipal Power	-56	-0.86	-3.6%	0.02
14. Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (this utility)	111	23.84	-	1.00
15. Liberty Utilities	+385	+2.08	+8.7%	0.03
16. City of Pasadena	-68	+2.14	+9.0%	0.04
17. Southern California Edison Co	-11	+4.42	+18.5%	3.51

Who buys Los Angeles Department of's electricity

Class at Los Angeles Department of	Accounts	Of Los Angeles Department of accounts	Of Los Angeles Department of MWh sold	kWh a year per Los Angeles Department of account
Residential	1,410,191	93.3%	38.5%	5,821
Commercial	91,304	6.0%	56.1%	131,193
Industrial and other	9,498	0.63%	5.4%	122,134

Los Angeles Department of among California municipals

Los Angeles Department of and its neighbours on price	SAIDI min, gap to Los Angeles Department of	Home ¢, gap to Los Angeles Department of	Accounts, Los Angeles Department of = 1
1. City of Santa Clara (CA)	+51	-6.96	0.04
2. City of Anaheim (CA)	-65	-6.73	0.08
3. City of Redding (CA)	-77	-5.98	0.03
4. City of Riverside (CA)	-35	-3.64	0.08
5. Alameda Municipal Power (CA)	-56	-0.86	0.02
6. Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (CA, this utility)	111	23.84	1.00
7. City of Pasadena (CA)	-68	+2.14	0.04

Los Angeles Department of: meters, rate options and solar

Measure	Los Angeles Department of	California context	Los Angeles Department of detail
Time-of-use rate for Los Angeles Department of homes	Offered	24 of 41 California utilities offer one	14,400 homes on dynamic pricing, 1.02% of 1,410,191
Net-metered installations	89,711	98% residential	62.4 homes per 1,000 accounts, 7.6 kW average

Monthly energy cost by use, Los Angeles Department of Water & Power

kWh	Share of a 485 kWh month	Cost a month at 23.84 ¢	vs U.S.	Cost a year
250	52%	$59.60	+$18.40	$715
500	103%	$119.19	+$36.79	$1,430
750	155%	$178.79	+$55.19	$2,145
1,000	206%	$238.38	+$73.58	$2,861
1,500	309%	$357.57	+$110.37	$4,291
2,000	412%	$476.76	+$147.16	$5,721

Outage record, Los Angeles Department of Water & Power

Measure, Los Angeles Departme	No events	All events	Converted
SAIDI minutes	111.2	111.2	1.85 h
SAIFI interruptions	0.660	0.660	1.52 yr apart
CAIDI minutes	168.4	168.4	2.81 h

Territory of Los Angeles Department of Water & Power

2 California counties, region WECC:

California other states: 2 of 2 counties of Los Angeles Department of Water & Power drawn

Los Angeles Department of Water & Power: 2 counties listed by EIA-861, Census 2023 outlines.

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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 of 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.

Central Hudson Gas & Elec CorpNew York, 23.85 ¢/kWh, 0.01 ¢ above
Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light CoMassachusetts, 23.97 ¢/kWh, 0.13 ¢ above
New Hampshire Elec Coop IncNew Hampshire, 23.61 ¢/kWh, 0.23 ¢ below
Matanuska Electric Assn IncAlaska, 23.37 ¢/kWh, 0.47 ¢ below

Rate plans on file

9 home plan records, energy charges: 16.0 to 36.9 ¢/kWh.

Time-of-use: 4, e.g. Residential Multi-Family (R-3)
Tiered: 4, e.g. Residential Service (R1A): Zone 1 - Tier 2 (350 - 1050 kWh)
Demand charge: 2, e.g. Residential Multi-Family (R-3)

Who offers time-of-use and tiered rates (17 Apr 2026 snapshot).

Primary sources for Los Angeles Department of Water & Power electricity: 1,510,995 accounts in California, SAIDI 111

EIA-861 annual report entry for Los Angeles Department of Water & Power electricity: 1,510,995 accounts in California, SAIDI 111, customers and sales
EIA-861 form instructions for Los Angeles Department of Water & Power electricity: 1,510,995 accounts in California, SAIDI 111, how a customer is counted
EIA state profiles for Los Angeles Department of Water & Power electricity: 1,510,995 accounts in California, SAIDI 111, the state price average