Community choice supply
14.48¢
per kWh, 2025 average revenue
$49.61 / month at 343 kWh
Price −1.0% from 2024
Community Choice Aggregator · 657,327 residential customers · California
Why is my Ava Community Energy electric bill so high?
EIA respondent: Ava Community Energy. Reviewed October 14, 2026.
In 2025, Ava Community Energy reported 657,327 residential community choice supply customers under the EIA name Ava Community Energy. Average revenue was 14.48¢ per kWh. The average monthly bill in that filing was $49.61 for 343 kWh.
14.48¢ is below California's 2025 statewide residential average of 31.35¢. In July 2026 the state residential price was 33.61¢, versus 32.66¢ a year earlier (+2.9%). The utility number is a 2025 annual average. The state number is one later month. They answer different questions.
From 2024 to 2025, the average monthly bill for community choice supply changed −1.6%. Average use changed −0.6% and average price changed −1.0%. Holding the 2024 price fixed, the usage change accounts for −$0.28 a month. The price change, applied to 2025 usage, accounts for −$0.51.
EIA Form 861, 2025 final · Reviewed October 14, 2026
EIA Electric Power Monthly, Table 5.6.A · Reviewed October 14, 2026
The rate on the record
EIA classifies this respondent as a community choice aggregator. Delivery is usually a separate charge. Average revenue per kilowatt-hour is total residential revenue divided by residential sales. It is not a tariff schedule.
| Service | Customers | Price | Monthly use | Monthly bill | Vs 2024 price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community choice supply | 657,327 | 14.48¢ | 343 kWh | $49.61 | −1.0% |
EIA-861 sales to ultimate customers, 2025 final, compared with 2024 · Reviewed October 14, 2026
Audit the community choice supply average
Revenue 391,322.7 thousand dollars. Sales 2,702,292 MWh. Customers 657,327. Cents per kWh = revenue ÷ megawatt-hours × 100. Monthly bill = revenue × 1,000 ÷ customers ÷ 12.
Why a Ava Community Energy bill moved
The average bill fell, and the price piece is separate
Hold a Ava Community Energy household to the filing average and the monthly community choice supply bill changed −1.6% between those two EIA years. Holding the 2024 price fixed, the usage change of −0.6% is worth −$0.28 a month. The price change of −1.0%, from 14.63¢ to 14.48¢, is worth −$0.51 on 2025 usage.
Below the California average
14.48¢ per kWh is below California's 2025 residential average of 31.35¢. July 2026 in the state was 33.61¢, versus 32.66¢ a year earlier (+2.9%). The utility figure is a full year of average revenue. The state figure is one later month. A household that uses more than 343 kWh will not land on $49.61.
Community choice supply, with delivery elsewhere
Ava Community Energy is filed as a community choice aggregator. The energy average is 14.48¢ per kWh. The incumbent utility's delivery charge is a second line. Adding only one of them understates the bill.
Season
Ava Community Energy customers in California average 343 kWh a month across the whole year, against a statewide residential average of 494 kWh. Summer afternoons do not look like that average. An air conditioner, a pool pump, or a hotter month can move the bill before any rider does.
Time-of-use is already on the EIA schedule
EIA's 2025 dynamic-pricing file shows residential time-of-use activity at Ava Community Energy, with 485,368 residential customers enrolled in dynamic pricing. The expensive window is in the tariff, not in that enrollment count. Shifting a dishwasher or an EV charger only helps if you are actually on that schedule.
EIA-861 2025 and 2024 residential sales · Reviewed October 14, 2026
Rate cases and hikes
Needs verification No rate case for Ava Community Energy has been reviewed for this page. Orders and pending dockets are public at California Public Utilities Commission. The CPUC sets rates for the large investor-owned utilities. Municipal utilities such as LADWP and SMUD are governed locally. Community choice aggregators bill energy on top of utility delivery. Which one applies to an address needs verification.
California Public Utilities Commission · Reviewed October 14, 2026
Assistance
LIHEAP is the federal bill program, and the state contact list is the place to start. A Ava Community Energy income discount, medical baseline, or budget-billing rule was not retrieved from California Public Utilities Commission. That offer needs verification.
LIHEAP · Reviewed October 14, 2026
How to lower the bill
- Read the kilowatt-hours against this filing's average of 343 kWh a month. If your use is the thing that moved, the dollar total can rise on an unchanged rate.
- Add the supply line and the delivery line before you decide the bill is high. This page keeps those EIA rows apart so they are not blended.
- In California, the expensive hours are late afternoon and early evening in summer. Raise the cooling setpoint when you are out, and run the dryer, the dishwasher, and any pool pump outside those hours if your tariff charges more then.
- Start with LIHEAP for California (https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ocs/map/liheap-map-state-and-territory-contact-listing). A Ava Community Energy discount beyond that program needs verification.
- 485,368 residential customers were already on a dynamic price in the 2025 EIA file. If you are one of them, the window on the tariff is the lever. If you are not, calling the utility to discuss the schedule is the first step, not shifting load you are not being charged extra for.
- If the read is marked estimated, the next actual read can true the account up or down. The tariff rule for that true-up needs verification.
Community choice supply at the 2025 average price
| Monthly use | Estimated bill |
|---|---|
| 500 kWh | $72.40 |
| 750 kWh | $108.60 |
| 1,000 kWh | $144.80 |
| 1,500 kWh | $217.20 |
| 2,000 kWh | $289.60 |
Usage times the average price. At very low use, a real bill is often higher because a fixed customer charge does not shrink. The tariff needs verification.
Questions people ask
Why is my Ava Community Energy electric bill so high?
In 2025, Ava Community Energy reported 657,327 residential community choice supply customers under the EIA name Ava Community Energy. Average revenue was 14.48¢ per kWh. The average monthly bill in that filing was $49.61 for 343 kWh. 14.48¢ is below California's 2025 statewide residential average of 31.35¢. In July 2026 the state residential price was 33.61¢, versus 32.66¢ a year earlier (+2.9%). The utility number is a 2025 annual average. The state number is one later month. They answer different questions. From 2024 to 2025, the average monthly bill for community choice supply changed −1.6%. Average use changed −0.6% and average price changed −1.0%. Holding the 2024 price fixed, the usage change accounts for −$0.28 a month. The price change, applied to 2025 usage, accounts for −$0.51.
What was Ava Community Energy's average residential rate?
Using 2025 EIA-861 revenue and sales, the community choice supply average was 14.48¢ per kWh. Average use was 343 kWh a month and the average bill was $49.61. This folds in whatever customer charges and riders the utility reported. It is not the marginal rate on your tariff.
Did Ava Community Energy raise rates?
The community choice supply average price changed −1.0% from 2024 to 2025, from 14.63¢ to 14.48¢. That is average revenue per kilowatt-hour, not a commission order. No 2025–2026 order for this utility was retrieved for this page. A separate rider can still move a single month.
What bill assistance can Ava Community Energy customers ask about?
LIHEAP is the federal program for home energy bills (https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ocs/programs/liheap). Ava Community Energy may also offer an income-qualified discount, budget billing, or a medical baseline. The current offer, income cutoff, and how to apply need verification with the state LIHEAP office and California Public Utilities Commission.
Are data centers why this bill went up?
Large computing load is raising U.S. electricity demand, and regulators can later recover new generation and wires costs from customers. EIA has not published a dollar line that isolates data centers on this utility's residential bill. That pass-through needs verification.