Merced's Electricity Providers: Merced ID or PG&E, Rates and Bills
Merced is split between utilities: the Energy Commission's load-serving map shows the Merced Irrigation District on about 78% of the city's land and PG&E on about 22%, so the bill is the place to check which one serves your address. PG&E's average residential rate was 33.7¢ per kWh as of June 2026 (CPUC Public Advocates Office), and most of its customers also pay a fixed $24.15 a month.
Who supplies electricity in Merced
The Energy Commission's load-serving map shows the Merced Irrigation District on about 78% of the city's land and PG&E on about 22%. Read the utility name and rate schedule on your Merced bill before you compare plans or solar offers.
What electricity costs in Merced
PG&E's average residential rate was 33.7¢ per kWh as of June 2026 (CPUC Public Advocates Office), plus a fixed $24.15 a month ($12.08 on FERA, $6.00 on CARE) under CPUC Decision 24-05-028. Its residential plans include time-of-use plans E-TOU-C and E-TOU-D, the Electric Home plan E-ELEC, the electric-vehicle plans EV2 and EV-B, and the tiered plan E-1. The California utility rate tracker compares the large utilities.
Discounts and solar billing
On a PG&E, SCE or SDG&E bill, CARE takes 30–35% off and FERA 18% off for eligible households, according to the CPUC, and new solar customers go on its Net Billing Tariff, whose export credit the CPUC says is usually below the retail rate. PG&E's assistance page has the application. Installers active here are on the Merced solar companies page.
Reading a Merced solar bill
Merced has two electric utilities. Merced Irrigation District says it serves customers in the cities of Livingston, Atwater and Merced, and the California Energy Commission's service-territory map puts about 78% of Merced's area in MID territory and about 22% in PG&E's. The difference matters: MID's net metering and PG&E's Solar Billing Plan value exported power very differently. Read the utility name on your bill first.
If the bill itself is the problem, start with why California electric bills run high.
Merced electricity questions
Who provides electricity in Merced?
The Energy Commission's load-serving map shows the Merced Irrigation District on about 78% of the city's land and PG&E on about 22%. Your bill names the utility that serves your address.
Sources
- California Energy Commission: Electric Load Serving Entities (IOU & POU) map layer, intersected with the Census place boundary (checked 2026-09-23)
- CPUC Public Advocates Office, Q2 2026 Electric Rates Report (residential average rates) (checked 2026-09-24)
- CPUC Decision 24-05-028 (income-graduated fixed charge: $24.15, $12.08, $6.00) (checked 2026-09-24)
- CPUC: CARE/FERA Program (discounts; income limits June 1, 2026 to May 31, 2027) (checked 2026-09-24)
- CPUC: Net Energy Metering and Net Billing (checked 2026-09-24)
- PG&E: Residential rates table, March 1, 2026 to present (Advice Letter 7846-E) (checked 2026-09-24)
- Merced Irrigation District: MID Power (electric service area) (checked 2026-09-23)
- Merced Irrigation District: solar power (NEM 2.0, interconnection steps, application fee) (checked 2026-09-23)
- PG&E: Solar Billing Plan (checked 2026-09-23)
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