San Clemente's Electricity Provider Is SDG&E: Rates, Plans and Bills
SDG&E both delivers and supplies the electricity for San Clemente homes; no community choice aggregator supplies San Clemente on the Energy Commission's load-serving map. SDG&E's average residential rate was 45.5¢ per kWh as of June 1, 2026 (CPUC Public Advocates Office), and most of its customers also pay a fixed $24.15 a month.
Who supplies electricity in San Clemente
SDG&E delivers and supplies San Clemente's electricity, because the CEC's load-serving map shows no community choice aggregator at the city's center.
What electricity costs in San Clemente
SDG&E's average residential rate was 45.5¢ per kWh as of June 1, 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 TOU-DR1 and TOU-DR2, TOU-ELEC, the electric-vehicle plan EV-TOU-5, and the tiered schedule DR. The California utility rate tracker compares the large utilities.
Discounts and solar billing
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. SDG&E's assistance page has the application. Installers active here are on the San Clemente solar companies page; prices and permits on the San Clemente solar cost page.
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San Clemente electricity questions
Who provides electricity in San Clemente?
SDG&E delivers and supplies it. The Energy Commission's map shows no community choice aggregator at the center of San Clemente, so the generation charges on the bill are SDG&E's own.
Sources
- California Energy Commission: Electric Load Serving Entities (IOU & POU) map layer, queried at the city's Census point (checked 2026-09-24)
- California Energy Commission: Electric Load Serving Entities (Other, including CCAs) map layer, queried at the city's Census point (checked 2026-09-24)
- 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)
- SDG&E: Total electric rates (current residential schedules) (checked 2026-09-24)
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