Retail electricity sales: residential: California (MWh) - 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 sales in the residential sector were 8,479,788 MWh in July 2026, compared to 6,916,528 in the previous month. This constitutes an increase of 22.6 percent.
Sample. In the monthly series presented in the chart, there are a total of 439 records. The series covers the period stretching from January 1990 to July 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some statistics calculated on the full sample: the retail electricity sales had a mean value of 6,851,240 MWh; they reached a minimum of 4,626,841 in May 1991; they hit a maximum of 12,226,964 in August 2018.
Latest values
| Date | Value - MWh |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | 5,763,735 |
| 2026-06-30 | 6,916,528 |
| 2026-07-31 | 8,479,788 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Retail electricity sales for the residential sector in California |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Flow |
| Data type | Quantity |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | MWh |
| Source | U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) |
| Source type | Government agency |
| Data licence | Public domain |
| Other information | Not available |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM1 |
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