Community choice supply
15.00¢
per kWh, 2025 average revenue
$62.75 / month at 418 kWh
Price −0.7% from 2024
Community Choice Aggregator · 533,896 residential customers · California
Why is my Marin Clean Energy electric bill so high?
EIA respondent: Marin Clean Energy. Reviewed October 14, 2026.
In 2025, Marin Clean Energy reported 533,896 residential community choice supply customers under the EIA name Marin Clean Energy. Average revenue was 15.00¢ per kWh. The average monthly bill in that filing was $62.75 for 418 kWh.
15.00¢ 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 −8.6%. Average use changed −7.9% and average price changed −0.7%. Holding the 2024 price fixed, the usage change accounts for −$5.44 a month. The price change, applied to 2025 usage, accounts for −$0.43.
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 | 533,896 | 15.00¢ | 418 kWh | $62.75 | −0.7% |
EIA-861 sales to ultimate customers, 2025 final, compared with 2024 · Reviewed October 14, 2026
Audit the community choice supply average
Revenue 401,995.1 thousand dollars. Sales 2,680,377 MWh. Customers 533,896. Cents per kWh = revenue ÷ megawatt-hours × 100. Monthly bill = revenue × 1,000 ÷ customers ÷ 12.
Why a Marin Clean Energy bill moved
The average bill fell, and the price piece is separate
Marin Clean Energy reported a community choice supply average of $62.75 a month in 2025, −8.6% from $68.61 in 2024. Holding the 2024 price fixed, the usage change of −7.9% is worth −$5.44 a month. The price change of −0.7%, from 15.10¢ to 15.00¢, is worth −$0.43 on 2025 usage.
Below the California average
15.00¢ 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 418 kWh will not land on $62.75.
Community choice supply, with delivery elsewhere
Marin Clean Energy is filed as a community choice aggregator. The energy average is 15.00¢ per kWh. The incumbent utility's delivery charge is a second line. Adding only one of them understates the bill.
Season
Marin Clean Energy customers in California average 418 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 Marin Clean Energy, with 377,640 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 Marin Clean 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 Marin Clean 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 418 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 Marin Clean Energy discount beyond that program needs verification.
- 377,640 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 | $75.00 |
| 750 kWh | $112.50 |
| 1,000 kWh | $150.00 |
| 1,500 kWh | $225.00 |
| 2,000 kWh | $300.00 |
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 Marin Clean Energy electric bill so high?
In 2025, Marin Clean Energy reported 533,896 residential community choice supply customers under the EIA name Marin Clean Energy. Average revenue was 15.00¢ per kWh. The average monthly bill in that filing was $62.75 for 418 kWh. 15.00¢ 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 −8.6%. Average use changed −7.9% and average price changed −0.7%. Holding the 2024 price fixed, the usage change accounts for −$5.44 a month. The price change, applied to 2025 usage, accounts for −$0.43.
What was Marin Clean Energy's average residential rate?
Using 2025 EIA-861 revenue and sales, the community choice supply average was 15.00¢ per kWh. Average use was 418 kWh a month and the average bill was $62.75. This folds in whatever customer charges and riders the utility reported. It is not the marginal rate on your tariff.
Did Marin Clean Energy raise rates?
The community choice supply average price changed −0.7% from 2024 to 2025, from 15.10¢ to 15.00¢. 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 Marin Clean Energy customers ask about?
LIHEAP is the federal program for home energy bills (https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ocs/programs/liheap). Marin Clean 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.