LADWP (Los Angeles Department of Water and Power) commercial electricity rates in California

• Average commercial price, 202525.00¢per kWh, all commercial customers
• vs California average−4.4%state commercial average 26.16¢
• Commercial customers91,3164th largest of 29 in California
• Average use10,631 kWha month per commercial customer
• Average bill$2,658a month per commercial customer
• Since 2015+68%from 14.92¢ per kWh
• Outages89 mina year per customer · US average 124

LADWP (Los Angeles Department of Water and Power) is a municipal utility serving 2 counties in California. Among the 29 California utilities in EIA’s 2025 sales data with 500 or more commercial customers, it is the 4th largest, with about 5.1% of the state’s commercial customers. EIA lists it as Los Angeles Department of Water & Power.

LADWP commercial electricity prices, 2015 to 2025

In 2015 LADWP billed its commercial customers an average of 14.92¢ per kWh. In 2025 the figure was 25.00¢, so it rose 68% over 10 years. The average for all commercial customers in California rose 66% over the same period. The latest year, 2025, is the highest of the 11 on record here. Between 2024 and 2025 it rose 14%.

Average use and average bill are the utility’s commercial sales and revenue divided by its commercial customers and by twelve. The bill is an all-in figure: energy, delivery, demand and fixed charges together. A few very large customers pull both averages up, so most businesses use and pay less than the average.

Residential, commercial and industrial prices at LADWP

In 2025 the average commercial price at LADWP was 5.6% below the residential figure and 10.0% above the industrial one. Larger customers take power at a higher voltage and use it more steadily, so at most utilities the average falls from residential to commercial to industrial. Which class an account falls in is the utility’s decision, and the line between commercial and industrial is drawn differently from one utility to the next.

How LADWP’s commercial rates are set

LADWP is owned by the community it serves. Its rates are set locally, by the city council or a utility board, and in most states the state commission does not set them. A commercial account is billed on a rate schedule, chosen by the size of the account and the voltage it takes power at, and a schedule usually combines a fixed monthly charge, a charge per kWh and, above a certain size, a demand charge on the highest rate of draw in the month. The schedule code is printed on the bill. What a business in California can and cannot choose is on the California page.

Meters, time-varying rates and net metering at LADWP

EIA counts 141,360 commercial meters at LADWP in 2025 and reports no advanced (AMI) meters among them. Of those, 85,403 are automated-reading (AMR) meters, which send a reading to the utility for billing only, and 55,957 are standard meters. Without an advanced meter a business generally has no interval data, so its peak demand is read from the meter’s own register.

At LADWP, 22,668 commercial customers were on a time-varying rate in 2025, about 25% of its commercial customers. A time-varying rate charges more in some hours than in others, so when a business uses power matters as well as how much. The kinds LADWP reports offering commercial customers are time-of-use pricing.

EIA records 1,829 commercial net-metered generating systems at LADWP in 2025, with 142 MW of capacity between them: about 20 for every 1,000 commercial customers. Net metering credits a customer for power its own system sends to the grid; the terms are in the utility’s tariff.

How reliable is LADWP’s electric service?

LADWP customers went without power for an average of 89 minutes in 2025, excluding major storms, with about 0.63 interruptions per customer. The average across U.S. utilities reporting the same way is 124 minutes. With major storms counted the figure was 408 minutes. These are averages over every customer of every class, so they describe the system and not any one street.

Where LADWP serves

EIA records LADWP serving customers in 2 California counties: Inyo, Los Angeles. A county can be shared between utilities, so this does not tell you who serves a given address. The utility that serves an address is the one named on its bill.

EIA lists the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power as its balancing authority, the body that keeps supply and demand matched minute by minute across the area.

Other utilities in California

The average each billed its commercial customers in 2025. The California page has the state’s own figures and every utility with 500 or more commercial customers.

• Southern California Edison (22.94¢)
• PG&E (38.42¢)
• SDG&E (39.12¢)
• SMUD (17.57¢)
• Modesto Irrigation District (18.23¢)
• Imperial Irrigation District (18.24¢)
• Anaheim Public Utilities (20.91¢)
• Glendale Water & Power (26.05¢)
• Riverside Public Utilities (20.05¢)

What these figures can and cannot tell you

• They are averages over every commercial customer. A utility whose commercial customers are mostly large averages fewer cents per kWh than one serving mostly small shops, so a lower figure can mean larger customers and not a lower rate.
• They are not a rate schedule. None of these figures is a charge printed in LADWP’s tariff, and nothing here works out a bill from one. The tariff index lists the utilities whose filed schedules are quoted on this site.
• They are annual and final. EIA publishes utility figures once a year. The California page carries the state’s trailing 12 months, which is more recent and still preliminary.

For one building, the cost estimator gives a range by building type, size and state, and price by utility sets every utility side by side. Commercial vs residential vs industrial compares the classes in every state.

Data: every year of these figures, for this utility and every other with a page, is in one CSV, free to use with credit to the U.S. Energy Information Administration and this site. To cite this page: LADWP commercial electricity rates, CommercialElectricityRates.com, from EIA Form EIA-861 final 2025 data.

Common questions about LADWP

What is the average commercial electricity rate at LADWP?

LADWP billed its commercial customers in California an average of 25.00¢ per kWh in 2025, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. That is 4.4% below the California commercial average of 26.16¢. It is the utility’s commercial revenue divided by its commercial sales, so it describes the whole class and is not the rate on any one schedule.

How much is the average commercial electric bill at LADWP?

About $2,658 a month in 2025, on average use of about 10,631 kWh a month. That is LADWP’s commercial revenue divided by its 91,316 commercial customers. A few very large accounts pull the average up, so most businesses pay less than this.

Have LADWP’s commercial electricity rates gone up?

The average LADWP billed commercial customers rose 68% between 2015 and 2025, from 14.92¢ to 25.00¢ per kWh. The California commercial average rose 66% over the same period.

How reliable is LADWP’s electric service?

LADWP customers averaged 89 minutes without power in 2025, excluding major storms, against a 124-minute average for U.S. utilities reporting the same way (EIA).

Is this the rate my business will pay LADWP?

No. It is an average over every commercial customer, from a corner shop to a campus. What one business pays depends on its rate schedule, how much it uses and how hard it draws at its peak. The schedule code is printed on the bill, and the schedule itself is in LADWP’s tariff.