Retail electricity price: transportation: California (Cents/kWh) - United States - EIA - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: US retail electricity prices (EIA)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In California, the retail electricity price for the transportation sector was 18.42 Cents/kWh in July 2026, compared to 18.05 in June 2026. This represents an increase of 2.05 percent.
Sample. In this monthly series, there are 199 records overall. The series covers the time span extending from January 2010 to July 2026.
History. Here's a peek at a few statistics computed on the entire sample: the retail electricity price averaged 10.75 Cents/kWh; it hit a trough of 6.54 in May 2012; it reached its maximum of 18.77 in September 2025.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Cents/kWh |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | 17.5100 |
| 2026-06-30 | 18.0500 |
| 2026-07-31 | 18.4200 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Retail electricity price for the transportation sector in California |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Price |
| Data type | Price |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Current prices |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Cents/kWh |
| Source | U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) |
| Source type | Government agency |
| Data licence | Public domain |
| Other information | Transportation sector state-level data begin in January 2010. |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM1 |
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