Rates
Ava makes choosing locally controlled energy easy for your household or business by keeping rates competitive and stable while providing clean and renewable power. As our customer, your rates are calculated based on:
- Rate Schedule: your PG&E rate (e.g. TOU-C, E-ELEC, B10, B19S) and programs (e.g. CARE, Medical Baseline), and
- Ava Service Plan: Bright Choice or Renewable 100
The price you pay on Ava service will either be 0.5% lower than the PG&E equivalent rate (on Bright Choice) or 1¾ cents more than the PG&E equivalent rate (on Renewable 100).
Rate Schedules
Our customers get to choose between Bright Choice and Renewable 100 for electricity generation. These service plans exist along with the rate schedule you choose from PG&E.
For example, if you are on the most common PG&E rate schedule, E-TOU-C featuring Time of Use rates with price peaks from 4pm-9pm, your cost as a Bright Choice customer is the PG&E E-TOU-C rate minus the 0.5% Bright Choice discount. The price of electricity for E-TOU-C varies by season and time of day, but Bright Choice is always 0.5% below what PG&E would have charged you.
Some common rate schedules from PG&E are:
Time of Use (TOU) Rates
TOU rates vary according to the time of day, season, and day type (weekday or weekend/holiday). There are different TOU options, depending on your electricity needs.
Electric Vehicle (EV) Rates
We offer the same EV rates at PG&E, and you can use PG&E’s EV rate calculator to calculate which rate is best for you.
Discount Rates
Visit our State Discount Programs to learn more about special rate cases, like CARE, FERA, and Medical Baseline. Most of these discount rate cases are compatible with the above rate schedules (TOU, Solar customers, and EV rates). All of these discounts are the same regardless of whether you are an Ava or PG&E customer.
Our Rate Setting Process
Our electricity rates are set through a transparent public process and approved by our Board of Directors. As our staff prepare the annual fiscal year budget each May, they recommend to our Board whether the pricing for Bright Choice and Renewable 100 should be adjusted. If the proposal would change our rates relative to PG&E rates, we host webinars and invite public comments on the rate-setting process.
How to Find Your Current Electricity Rate
Start by finding your vintage year:
Your vintage year is generally the year your city or county began service with Ava. This determines the amount of your Franchise Fee Surcharge and your Power Charge Indifference Adjustment. (But remember, Ava incorporates these fees into our rate setting, so they aren’t passed on to customers.)
To locate your vintage year, find the line on your PG&E bill that reads “Total PG&E Electric Delivery Charges.” The smaller text below indicates your vintage year.
If the year is not listed, please contact us at customer-support@AvaEnergy.org or 833-699-3223 for assistance.
Then, find your rate based on your vintage year and the most recent rates:
2026 January System Fees (PDF)
2026 January Rate Sheet 2017 Vintage (PDF)
2026 January Rate Sheet 2018 Vintage (PDF)
2026 January Rate Sheet 2019 Vintage (PDF)
2026 January Rate Sheet 2020 Vintage (PDF)
2026 January Rate Sheet 2021 Vintage (PDF)
2026 January Rate Sheet 2022 Vintage (PDF)
2026 January Rate Sheet 2023 Vintage (PDF)
2026 January Rate Sheet 2024 Vintage (PDF)
2026 January Rate Sheet 2025 Vintage (PDF)
Compare Average Monthly Electricity Charges Between Ava and PG&E
This rate comparison may not always match the month of the rate sheets above.
To view old rates, visit our rates archive.