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City of Burbank Water and Power Electric Rates and Bills

Average rate and bill, service area, reliability and rate options for this utility, taken from its 2025 filing with the EIA.

Reviewed Data: EIA Form EIA-861, released October 7, 2026

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Residential customers

47 thousand

46,719 homes

Average price

21.50 cents

California average 31.35

Average bill

$105.63

Per month at 491 kWh

Price rank

12 of 26

Lowest to highest in California

City of Burbank Water and Power rates and average bill

City of Burbank Water and Power reported 46,719 residential customers on bundled service in 2025, using 491 kWh a month on average at 21.50 cents per kWh. Bundled means the utility supplies the energy and delivers it, so the price covers both. Among the 26 California utilities with at least 10,000 bundled residential customers, City of Burbank Water and Power ranks 12 from the lowest price.

City of Burbank Water and Power compared with California and the United States
AverageCents per kWhkWh per monthMonthly bill
City of Burbank Water and Power21.50491$105.63
California (all utilities)31.35494$154.73
United States17.23874$150.68

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data), sales to ultimate customers. Price is revenue divided by sales and includes fixed charges.

Service area

EIA lists the counties where City of Burbank Water and Power has distribution equipment. That covers 1 county in California. A county can be served by more than one utility, so confirm your address with the utility or your bill.

California (1 county)

Los Angeles

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Reliability

For 2025, City of Burbank Water and Power reported an average of 13 minutes without power per customer and 0.19 interruptions per customer, with major event days left out. The typical interruption lasted about 67 minutes. For comparison, the median state averaged 127 minutes of outage per customer.

City of Burbank Water and Power had about 115 fewer minutes of outage per customer than the median state. The California figure across its utilities was 140 minutes. One interruption lasting 67 minutes and 0.19 interruptions a year per customer add up to the 13 minute total.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data), reliability schedule, measured under IEEE 1366. Utilities define events slightly differently, so compare with care.

Rate options and rooftop solar

  • Time-of-use pricing. City of Burbank Water and Power reports a residential time-of-use pricing program in its 2025 EIA filing, with about 590 residential customers enrolled in dynamic pricing programs of all kinds. Ask the utility which rate schedules you qualify for. How time-of-use rates work.
  • Rooftop solar and net metering. EIA shows 1,899 residential net-metered systems on the City of Burbank Water and Power grid in 2025, with 11.0 megawatts of capacity. How net metering works.

Who owns and regulates it

Owned and run by a city or town. A city council or utility board usually sets the rates, and state commissions often have limited authority over it.

For questions about state consumer protections, see the California Public Utilities Commission.

City of Burbank Water and Power is a municipal utility based in California.

City of Burbank Water and Power compared with California

Of the 30 utilities listed for California, City of Burbank Water and Power is the 15th largest by homes, at roughly 0.33% of the state total. At $105.63 a month, an average City of Burbank Water and Power home pays about $589 a year less than the California average of $154.73, and uses 2 kWh a month less. City of Burbank Water and Power lists distribution equipment in a single county, so its service area is easy to check against your address. 1,899 of its residential customers use net metering, or 40.6 per 1,000 homes, against 159.4 for California as a whole.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data). Peers are other utilities of the same type in California with at least 1,000 residential customers and a reported price.

Other California utilities

Utilities in California close in size to City of Burbank Water and Power
UtilityTypeHomesCents per kWh
City of Burbank Water and PowerMunicipal46,71921.50
City of PasadenaMunicipal58,60225.11
City of Santa ClaraMunicipal54,00017.88
Liberty UtilitiesInvestor-owned44,50727.65
City of ReddingMunicipal39,15218.97
Alameda Municipal PowerMunicipal32,36424.01

See every one on the electric companies in California page.

Official site and where to get help

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City of Burbank Water and Power questions

What is the average residential electric rate for City of Burbank Water and Power?

City of Burbank Water and Power residential customers on bundled service paid an average of 21.50 cents per kWh in 2025, with average use of 491 kWh a month and an average bill of $105.63 (EIA Form EIA-861). The California average was 31.35 cents.

How many customers does City of Burbank Water and Power have?

EIA reports about 46,719 residential customers for City of Burbank Water and Power in 2025.

Who regulates City of Burbank Water and Power?

Owned and run by a city or town. A city council or utility board usually sets the rates, and state commissions often have limited authority over it. See the regulator for California on the California state page.

How reliable is City of Burbank Water and Power?

For 2025, City of Burbank Water and Power reported an average of 13 minutes of outage per customer and 0.19 interruptions per customer, excluding major event days (IEEE 1366). Utilities measure outages in slightly different ways, so compare with care.

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