Electricity in Placer County, California
4 electric utilities serve homes in Placer County, California: PG&E, SMUD, City of Roseville and Liberty Utilities. In 2025, the average home bill of these utilities was $125.42 (SMUD) to $173.95 (PG&E) a month. This page covers 3 cities with 25,000 or more people in the county, from Roseville to Lincoln.
- 3 cities
- 4 utilities
- EIA and Census data, 2025
Electric utilities in Placer County
EIA lists utilities by county, not by address. Your address has one utility: its name is on your bill, or type your ZIP code in the utility finder.
| Utility | Homes in California | Average bill 2025 | 1,000 kWh now |
|---|---|---|---|
| PG&EInvestor-owned utility · bill calculator | 5,055,556 | $173.95464 kWh, 37.5¢ | $407.13 |
| SMUDPublic power district · bill calculator | 601,275 | $125.42663 kWh, 18.9¢ | $165.32 |
| City of RosevilleCity utility | 64,556 | $145.07682 kWh, 21.3¢ | — |
| Liberty UtilitiesInvestor-owned utility | 44,507 | $141.13510 kWh, 27.6¢ | — |
2 smaller utilities with fewer than 1,000 homes are also listed in the county. The average bill is the 2025 average of each utility's homes that bought their power from it (EIA-861). The California average was $154.73 a month.
Cities in Placer County
| City | People | City-owned utility | Solar kWh a year per kW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roseville | 167,302 | City of Roseville | 1,570 |
| Rocklin | 76,821 | — | 1,565 |
| Lincoln | 57,367 | — | 1,548 |
A city-owned utility is a municipal utility in the county with the city's name (EIA data). Solar output: PVWatts version 8 for a south-facing roof; see the solar savings calculator.
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Who provides electricity in Placer County?
4 electric utilities serve homes in Placer County, California: PG&E, SMUD, City of Roseville and Liberty Utilities. The name of your utility is on your bill.
Which cities in Placer County are on this page?
Roseville, Rocklin and Lincoln.
Sources: EIA-861 data, 2025 (utilities by county, homes and average bills); Census Bureau city population estimates, Vintage 2025; PVWatts (National Laboratory of the Rockies).