Sacramento Municipal Util Dist: rates, outages and net metering

Roughly 666,235 California accounts belong to Sacramento Municipal Util Dist, classed by EIA as political subdivision; the residential count is 592,557. Its home price is 44.1% under the California average, 5th place of 21 among larger utilities.

Aerial view of the Rancho Seco nuclear plant cooling towers near Sacramento during construction — HD.6D.357. Photo by ENERGY.GOV, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons. Illustrative, not a listed utility's plant.

Sacramento Municipal Util Dist: 702 kWh a month costs roughly $126 in energy at 17.87 ¢/kWh, -44.1% on the California average of 31.97 ¢.

Sacramento Municipal Util Dist on price: 44.1% under California

Home price against California: -44.1%5th place of 21, cheapest first

Sacramento Municipal Util Dist charged homes 17.87 ¢/kWh against a California average of 31.97 ¢, 5th place of 21 among California companies with 20,000+ homes. The next cheaper is City of Redding at 17.85 ¢ (-0.02 ¢ from here) and the next higher-priced one Imperial Irrigation District at 17.91 ¢ (+0.04 ¢).

Sacramento Municipal Util Dist has no SAIDI/SAIFI row in EIA-861 2024. Its 666,235 accounts therefore show "No data" in those rows instead of an estimate.

How it compares

Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
Sacramento Municipal Util Dist, 2024	Home	Business	Bill	SAIDI
Sacramento Municipal Util DistLowest in this table	17.87 ¢/kWh	16.29 ¢/kWh	$126at 702 kWh	No dataSAIDI
California average against this company	+14.10 ¢/kWhcompany 44.1% below	+9.25 ¢/kWhcompany 36.2% below	+$99a month at 702 kWh	No data

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Sacramento Municipal Util Dist: 2025

Sacramento Municipal Util Dist: +5.9% on 2024 for homes, California -1.9%.

Sacramento Municipal Util Dist home price, 2025: 18.93 ¢/kWh+5.9% on 2024, early release
Sacramento Municipal Util Dist against California, 2025: +7.8 pointsSacramento Municipal Util Dist +5.9%, California -1.9%

Sacramento Municipal Util Dist reported 18.93 ¢/kWh for homes in 2025, +5.9% on its 2024 figure of 17.87, while the California average moved -1.9%.

Sacramento Municipal Util Dist charts

Residential price since 2015: 17.87 ¢ in 2024

13.49 ¢ in 2015, 17.87 ¢ in 2024 (+32.5%).

Sacramento Municipal Util Dist residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows

Year	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist	Gap to California residential	Gap to U.S. residential
2015	13.49	-3.50	+0.84
2016	13.92	-3.47	+1.37
2017	14.06	-4.25	+1.17
2018	14.45	-4.39	+1.58
2019	14.91	-4.24	+1.90
2020	15.28	-5.17	+2.13
2021	16.21	-6.61	+2.55
2022	16.74	-9.10	+1.70
2023	16.89	-12.62	+0.89
2024	17.87	-14.10	+1.39

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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Home accounts 2015-2024: 592,557

546,155 in 2015, 592,557 in 2024 (+8.5%).

Sacramento Municipal Util Dist home accounts by year, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows

Year	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
2015	546155
2016	549787
2017	552678
2018	557352
2019	562578
2020	567232
2021	571078
2022	574344
2023	583291
2024	592557

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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Rates 2024: 17.87 and 16.29 ¢

17.87 and 16.29 ¢ for this company.

¢/kWh

Sacramento Municipal Util Dist residential17.87
California residential31.97
U.S. residential16.48
Sacramento Municipal Util Dist commercial16.29
California commercial25.54
U.S. commercial12.75

Sacramento Municipal Util Dist, Rates 2024: EIA retail sales.

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Net metering: 97.1 per 1,000

97.1 residential installations per 1,000 accounts.

per 1,000

Sacramento Municipal Util Dist97.1
U.S. median utility8.7

Sacramento Municipal Util Dist, Net metering: EIA-861 survey.

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Analyst note

Sacramento Municipal Util Dist sold 10,721,201 MWh in 2024 to 666,235 accounts; homes took 46.6% of the energy and 8,430 kWh each over the year.

EIA-861 holds 10 years of home price for Sacramento Municipal Util Dist, from 13.49 ¢ in 2015 to 17.87 ¢ in 2024 (+32.5%).

Outages and home price of Sacramento Municipal Util Dist (EIA utility 16534), 2013 to 2024

Corrected for inflation, a Sacramento Municipal Util Dist home paid 18.34 ¢/kWh in 2024 against 17.26 ¢ in 2013, +6.3%; the bill itself went 12.49 ¢ to 17.87 ¢ (+43.1%). A home using 1,000 kWh a month paid $2,071 for the year at the 2013 real price and $2,201 at the 2024 price. Place on home price: 5th cheapest of 37 in 2013, 7th of 36 in 2024 among California utilities with 1,000+ homes.

Sacramento Municipal Util Dist home price since 2013: +6.3% after inflation

Sacramento Municipal Util Dist: 18.34 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 17.87 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.

Sacramento Municipal Util Dist, EIA utility 16534, year by year among California utilities

Sacramento Municipal Util Dist 2013-2024: 12 rows

Year, Sacramento Municipal Util Dist	¢ billed	¢ in 2025 $	Price place, Sacramento Municipal Util Dist	SAIDI min	SAIFI	SAIDI place, Sacramento Municipal Util Dist	California median SAIDI
2013	12.49	17.26	5 of 37	–	–	–	–
2014	12.94	17.59	6 of 41	–	–	–	–
2015	13.49	18.33	9 of 44	–	–	–	–
2016	13.92	18.67	9 of 44	–	–	–	–
2017	14.06	18.47	8 of 45	–	–	–	–
2018	14.45	18.52	8 of 45	–	–	–	–
2019	14.91	18.78	11 of 51	–	–	–	–
2020	15.28	19.01	7 of 35	–	–	–	–
2021	16.21	19.26	13 of 34	–	–	–	–
2022	16.74	18.41	14 of 34	–	–	–	–
2023	16.89	17.85	5 of 37	–	–	–	–
2024	17.87	18.34	7 of 36	–	–	–	–

Sacramento Municipal Util Dist, EIA utility 16534: EIA-861, CPI-U.

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SAIDI explained, California real prices.

What kind of utility is Sacramento Municipal Util Dist?

Sacramento Municipal Util Dist files with EIA as a political-subdivision utility. In California, political-subdivision utilities serve 7% of residential customers at an average 18.2 cents per kWh, 48% below investor-owned utilities in California. Sacramento Municipal Util Dist itself averaged 17.9 cents, 0.4 cents below its type in California.

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Shutoffs for nonpayment, 2024

Shutoffs: this utility reported 70,815 disconnections for nonpayment in 2024, 12.0 per 100 accounts (California: 3.4; EIA Form EIA-112). All utilities.

Reliability and meters, 2024

Sacramento Municipal Util Dist reports reliability under a method other than IEEE 1366, so its figures are not ranked against other utilities. Smart (AMI) meters: 100% of its 596,785 residential meters.

EIA-861 2024, retrieved 2026-10-01. California reliability, best and worst utilities, utility report card.

Facts

Customer accounts: 666,2354.1% of California total
Residential accounts: 592,5574.2% of California homes
Commercial accounts: 71,16010.7% of the base
Industrial accounts: 2,5170.38% of the base
Residential rate: 17.87 ¢/kWh5th place of 21, -44.1% against the state
Commercial rate: 16.29 ¢/kWh-36.2% against California
Average residential use: 8,430 kWh/yr702 a month
Implied monthly bill: $126702 kWh at 17.87 ¢, energy only
Energy sold or delivered: 10,721,201 MWhhomes 47%, business 53%
Residential rate since 2015: +32.5%13.49 to 17.87 ¢/kWh
SAIDI, no major events: No datanone filed for 592,557 homes
Net-metered capacity: 389.0 MW59,134 installations
Counties listed: 2California

Data tables

2024 by sector, Sacramento Municipal Util Dist

Sacramento Municipal Util Dist sector	Accounts	Rate ¢/kWh	Gap to California ¢/kWh
Residential	592,557	17.87	-14.10
Commercial	71,160	16.29	-9.25

What EIA-861 holds for Sacramento Municipal Util Dist

Topic, Sacramento Municipal Util Dist	Status	Detail
Home price and accounts, Sacramento Municipal Util Dist	10 years	2015 to 2024, 592,557 homes in 2024
Business price, Sacramento Municipal Util Dist	Filed 2024	16.29 ¢/kWh on 71,160 accounts
SAIDI and SAIFI, Sacramento Municipal Util Dist	No data for 2024	no year of 2015 to 2024 for 666,235 accounts
Net metering, Sacramento Municipal Util Dist	Filed 2024	59,134 installations, 389.0 MW
Service-territory counties, Sacramento Municipal Util Dist	2 counties	in California
Smart meters (AMI/AMR), Sacramento Municipal Util Dist	Filed 2024	596,190 of 596,785 home meters AMI
2025 early release, Sacramento Municipal Util Dist	Filed	18.93 ¢/kWh for homes

Year by year, Sacramento Municipal Util Dist

Year	Home accounts, Sacramento Municipal Util Dist	Home ¢	Business ¢
2015	546,155	13.49	13.09
2016	549,787	13.92	13.38
2017	552,678	14.06	13.74
2018	557,352	14.45	13.71
2019	562,578	14.91	13.90
2020	567,232	15.28	14.57
2021	571,078	16.21	15.23
2022	574,344	16.74	15.66
2023	583,291	16.89	16.13
2024	592,557	17.87	16.29

Peers of Sacramento Municipal Util Dist in California, 5th place of 21 on home price

Company near Sacramento Municipal Util Dist on price	Home ¢	Gap % to Sacramento Municipal Util Dist	Accounts, Sacramento Municipal Util Dist = 1
2. City of Santa Clara	16.88	-5.6%	0.09
3. City of Anaheim	17.11	-4.2%	0.19
4. City of Redding	17.85	-0.1%	0.07
5. Sacramento Municipal Util Dist (this company)	17.87	-	1.00
6. Imperial Irrigation District	17.91	+0.2%	0.25
7. City of Roseville	18.66	+4.4%	0.11
8. City of Burbank Water and Power	19.25	+7.7%	0.08

Who buys Sacramento Municipal Util Dist's electricity

Class, Sacramento Municipal Util Dist	Accounts	Of Sacramento Municipal Util Dist accounts	Of MWh	kWh a year per account
Residential	592,557	88.9%	46.6%	8,430
Commercial	71,160	10.7%	38.7%	58,330
Industrial and other	2,517	0.38%	14.7%	625,898

Monthly energy cost by use, Sacramento Municipal Util Dist

kWh	Share of a 702 kWh month	Cost a month at 17.87 ¢	Cost a year
250	36%	$44.68	$536
500	71%	$89.36	$1,072
750	107%	$134.03	$1,608
1,000	142%	$178.71	$2,145
1,500	214%	$268.07	$3,217
2,000	285%	$357.42	$4,289

Territory of Sacramento Municipal Util Dist

2 California counties, region WECC:

California other states: 2 of 2 counties of Sacramento Municipal Util Dist drawn

Sacramento Municipal Util Dist: 2 counties listed by EIA-861, Census 2023 outlines.

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County list

Placer
Sacramento

Questions on Sacramento Municipal Util Dist

How many customers does Sacramento Municipal Util Dist serve in California?

666,235 accounts in 2024: residential 592,557, commercial 71,160, industrial 2,517.

What is the average residential rate of Sacramento Municipal Util Dist?

In 2024 homes paid 17.87 cents; against the California average that is -44.1%.

How reliable is Sacramento Municipal Util Dist by SAIDI and SAIFI?

Sacramento Municipal Util Dist has no reliability row for its 592,557 homes in EIA-861 2024, so no SAIDI or SAIFI is shown; the California median reporter is 61 min.

How much solar net metering is on the Sacramento Municipal Util Dist grid?

59,134 installations with 389.0 MW, of which residential installations number 57,564.

What is the monthly bill at Sacramento Municipal Util Dist for average use?

702 kWh at 17.87 cents comes to about $126, energy only.

How does Sacramento Municipal Util Dist rank on price within California?

Rank 5 of 21 in California on price, -44.1% against the state average; 4 charge less than 17.87 ¢.

What data is missing for Sacramento Municipal Util Dist?

666,235 accounts sit behind Sacramento Municipal Util Dist, whose 2024 filing lacks no SAIDI/SAIFI row; the other 6 rows of the coverage table are on file.

Who buys power from Sacramento Municipal Util Dist?

Homes take 46.6% of 10,721,201 MWh, commercial accounts 38.7%, industrial and other 14.7%.

What did Sacramento Municipal Util Dist charge homes in 2025?

18.93 cents per kWh, +5.9% on the 17.87 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).

Utilities with a similar home price

Home prices nearest to Sacramento Municipal Util Dist at 17.87 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.

City of ReddingCalifornia, 17.85 ¢/kWh, 0.02 ¢ below
Interstate Power and Light CoIowa, 17.90 ¢/kWh, 0.03 ¢ above
Lake Country PowerMinnesota, 17.90 ¢/kWh, 0.03 ¢ above
Imperial Irrigation DistrictCalifornia, 17.91 ¢/kWh, 0.04 ¢ above

Primary sources for Sacramento Municipal Util Dist: rates, outages and net metering

EIA-861 annual report entry for Sacramento Municipal Util Dist: rates, outages and net metering, customers and sales
EIA-861 form instructions for Sacramento Municipal Util Dist: rates, outages and net metering, how a customer is counted
EIA state profiles for Sacramento Municipal Util Dist: rates, outages and net metering, the state price average