Electricity in Stanislaus County, California

3 electric utilities serve homes in Stanislaus County, California: PG&E, Modesto Irrigation District and Turlock Irrigation District. In 2025, the average home bill of these utilities was $141.66 (Turlock Irrigation District) to $173.95 (PG&E) a month. This page covers 5 cities with 25,000 or more people in the county, from Modesto to Riverbank.

  • 5 cities
  • 3 utilities
  • EIA and Census data, 2025

Electric utilities in Stanislaus 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.

Electric utilities with 1,000 or more homes in Stanislaus County: average home bill in 2025 and 1,000 kWh bill in November 2026
UtilityHomes in CaliforniaAverage bill 20251,000 kWh now
PG&EInvestor-owned utility · bill calculator 5,055,556 $173.95464 kWh, 37.5¢ $407.13
Modesto Irrigation DistrictPublic power district 104,671 $173.07751 kWh, 23.0¢ —
Turlock Irrigation DistrictPublic power district 80,976 $141.66814 kWh, 17.4¢ —

1 smaller utility with fewer than 1,000 homes is 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 Stanislaus County

Cities with 25,000 or more people in Stanislaus County (2025 estimates) and the solar output of 1 kW of panels
CityPeopleCity-owned utilitySolar kWh a year per kW
Modesto219,652—1,638
Turlock72,864—1,644
Ceres48,982—1,647
Patterson26,587—1,641
Riverbank26,557—1,623

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.

Who provides electricity in Stanislaus County?

3 electric utilities serve homes in Stanislaus County, California: PG&E, Modesto Irrigation District and Turlock Irrigation District. The name of your utility is on your bill.

Which cities in Stanislaus County are on this page?

Modesto, Turlock, Ceres, Patterson and Riverbank.

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).