Modesto Irrigation District (MID) commercial electricity rates in California

• Average commercial price, 202518.23¢per kWh, all commercial customers
• vs California average−30%state commercial average 26.16¢
• Commercial customers29,7526th largest of 29 in California
• Average use2,391 kWha month per commercial customer
• Average bill$436a month per commercial customer
• Since 2015+28%from 14.25¢ per kWh
• Outages31 mina year per customer · US average 124

Modesto Irrigation District (MID) is a public power utility (a political subdivision of the state, in EIA’s terms) 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 6th largest, with about 1.7% of the state’s commercial customers.

Modesto Irrigation District commercial electricity prices, 2015 to 2025

In 2015 Modesto Irrigation District billed its commercial customers an average of 14.25¢ per kWh. In 2025 the figure was 18.23¢, so it rose 28% 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 6.2%.

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 Modesto Irrigation District

In 2025 the average commercial price at Modesto Irrigation District was 21% below the residential figure and 39% 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 Modesto Irrigation District’s commercial rates are set

Modesto Irrigation District is a public body with its own board, and that board sets its rates. 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 Modesto Irrigation District

EIA counts 29,742 commercial meters at Modesto Irrigation District in 2025, and 29,742 of them (100%) are advanced meters (AMI), which record use at least hourly and report it to the utility at least daily. An advanced meter is what makes interval data possible, and interval data is what shows when a building’s peak demand happens.

At Modesto Irrigation District, 10 commercial customers were on a time-varying rate in 2025, about 0.0% 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 Modesto Irrigation District reports offering commercial customers are time-of-use pricing and critical peak rebate pricing.

EIA records 208 commercial net-metered generating systems at Modesto Irrigation District in 2025, with 22.8 MW of capacity between them: about 7.0 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 Modesto Irrigation District’s electric service?

Modesto Irrigation District customers went without power for an average of 31 minutes in 2025, excluding major storms, with about 0.37 interruptions per customer. The average across U.S. utilities reporting the same way is 124 minutes. With major storms counted the figure was 36 minutes. These are averages over every customer of every class, so they describe the system and not any one street.

Where Modesto Irrigation District serves

EIA records Modesto Irrigation District serving customers in 2 California counties: San Joaquin, Stanislaus. 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 Balancing Authority of Northern California 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¢)
• LADWP (25.00¢)
• SMUD (17.57¢)
• 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 Modesto Irrigation District’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: Modesto Irrigation District commercial electricity rates, CommercialElectricityRates.com, from EIA Form EIA-861 final 2025 data.

Common questions about Modesto Irrigation District

What is the average commercial electricity rate at Modesto Irrigation District?

Modesto Irrigation District billed its commercial customers in California an average of 18.23¢ per kWh in 2025, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. That is 30% 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 Modesto Irrigation District?

About $436 a month in 2025, on average use of about 2,391 kWh a month. That is Modesto Irrigation District’s commercial revenue divided by its 29,752 commercial customers. A few very large accounts pull the average up, so most businesses pay less than this.

Have Modesto Irrigation District’s commercial electricity rates gone up?

The average Modesto Irrigation District billed commercial customers rose 28% between 2015 and 2025, from 14.25¢ to 18.23¢ per kWh. The California commercial average rose 66% over the same period.

How reliable is Modesto Irrigation District’s electric service?

Modesto Irrigation District customers averaged 31 minutes without power in 2025, excluding major storms, against a 124-minute average for U.S. utilities reporting the same way (EIA).

Does Modesto Irrigation District use smart meters for businesses?

EIA counts 29,742 advanced (AMI) meters among Modesto Irrigation District’s 29,742 commercial meters in 2025, which is 100%. An advanced meter records use at least hourly, which is what makes interval data and time-varying rates possible.

Is this the rate my business will pay Modesto Irrigation District?

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 Modesto Irrigation District’s tariff.