The rate sheet / Sacramento Municipal Utility District

Time-of-Day (5–8 p.m.)

Weekday peak prices from 5 to 8 p.m., with a summer midday period and off-peak weekends and specified holidays.

Official schedule: RT02
Verified: 2026-09-22
Rate version: 2026 prices · HGA cycle beginning May 1
Utility time zone: America/Los_Angeles

Coverage note

Verified under stated conditions. Ordinary individually metered residential service with a communicating meter. Check the requirements for your account before comparing plans. A plan name alone does not establish enrollment eligibility.

Electricity & the hours you use it.

The price of a kWh changes with the clock. This is how a weekday looks in July.

A day on this rateJuly weekday · no holiday · local utility time

Off-peak: $0.1550 / kWh
Mid-peak: $0.2139 / kWh
Peak: $0.3765 / kWh

Base electricity price only. Additional charges and credits appear below. Summer · June–September. Time zone: America/Los_Angeles.

The exact energy prices

Base energy prices exclude the additional charges listed in the next section. Dollars per kWh; rates retain their published precision.

Rate version smud-tod-2026-05 · USD per kWh
Season / component	Period	$/kWh
Electricity usage Non-summer · October–May	Off-peak	$0.1285
Electricity usage Non-summer · October–May	Peak	$0.1776
Electricity usage Summer · June–September	Off-peak	$0.1550
Electricity usage Summer · June–September	Mid-peak	$0.2139
Electricity usage Summer · June–September	Peak	$0.3765

Weekday time windows

Summer · June–Septembernoon–5 p.m.Mid-peak. Excludes listed holidays.
Summer · June–September5 p.m.–8 p.m.Peak. Excludes listed holidays.
Summer · June–September8 p.m.–midnightMid-peak. Excludes listed holidays.
Non-summer · October–May5 p.m.–8 p.m.Peak. Excludes listed holidays.

Weekends & holidays

Fixed-date holidays use their actual calendar date. An adjacent observed weekday is not automatically off-peak.

View the utility holiday calendar

New Year’s Day; Juneteenth; Independence Day; Veterans Day; Christmas Day; Martin Luther King Jr. Day; Presidents Day; Memorial Day; Labor Day; Indigenous Peoples’ Day / Columbus Day; Thanksgiving Day.

The rest of the bill.

These charges and credits sit alongside electricity usage. Each applies in the documented order and uses the basis shown.

Fixed chargeSystem Infrastructure Fixed Charge: $27.00 / month; One monthly charge for a normal bill; bills shorter than 27 days use days/30. Rate follows the last included service date.
AdjustmentHydro Generation Adjustment: $0.0000 / kWh; Current zero is verified, not an assumed omission. Current annual HGA cycle begins May 1, 2026.
TaxCalifornia Energy Resources Surcharge: $0.0003 / kWh; Applied to all imported kWh; excluded from City of Sacramento tax base.
TaxCity of Sacramento utility user tax: 7.5 %; Ordinary city account, no exemptions. 7.5% of electric service charges; state surcharge excluded.
Basis: energy, sifc, hga

Does this cover your account?

A useful comparison begins with the right service conditions. Confirm these against your bill and the utility’s enrollment rules.

Plan eligibility

Customer typeRequired: residential
This version covers ordinary residential service.
Metering arrangementRequired: individual
Master-metered and combined-meter service are outside this comparison.
Electrical serviceRequired: single
Three-phase service can incur an additional special-facilities fee.
Meter typeRequired: communicating
TOD requires a communicating meter; Fixed non-communicating-meter charges need separate review.
On-site generationRequired: none
Generation and export require separate tariffs.
Battery storageRequired: none
Storage is outside this release; battery-only customers cannot enroll in Fixed Rate.
SolarShares participationRequired: no
SolarShares participants cannot enroll in Fixed Rate.
Rate change eligibilityRequired: eligible
Confirm SMUD permits the proposed switch after the next regular billing period; normally one change per 12 months.

Conditions for a complete recurring-charge estimate

Tax jurisdictionRequired: sacramento city
Only the ordinary City of Sacramento 7.5% electricity tax is fully modeled; other or unknown jurisdictions produce partial estimates.
Discount programsRequired: none
EAPR, medical and EV discounts require separate verified calculations.
Optional programs and donationsRequired: none
Optional programs, including renewable subscriptions and HomePower, are not included.
Special facilities and service feesRequired: none
Special metering or facilities require additional charges.
Utility tax exemptions or creditsRequired: none
Low-income municipal tax relief and other tax exemptions need separate verification.

Outside the modeled bill

Prior balances, late fees and service-event charges
Optional programs, discounts and customer-specific credits

Dates, billing periods & rounding.

The verified combined version covers 2026-05-01 through 2026-12-31. Energy follows each service interval. Base prices took effect January 1, 2026. This combined snapshot starts May 1 to match the currently verified annual HGA cycle. SIFC follows the billing period end date.

My Power Rates rounds each season/period energy line and each other charge to cents, half up, then sums. Official examples corroborate ordinary cents; utility tie-breaking and hidden meter precision are not published.

This is a modeled recurring-service calculation, not a guarantee that a utility bill will match to the cent.
Historic HGA before May 1, 2026 is not verified in this snapshot.
City tax is fully covered only for ordinary taxable City of Sacramento accounts; ZIP code alone does not establish jurisdiction.
SMUD must confirm enrollment and the effective switch date.
Fixed-date holidays do not move to a neighboring observed weekday.

Put the rate against your usage.

A scenario applies this verified version to your supplied usage pattern. It is not a future bill forecast.

Calculate with my usage

Read the calculation method →

Sources & verification

Official documents take precedence over summary tables. Rates are independently transcribed facts; linked documents retain their publishers’ rights.

SMUD Rate Schedule R-TOD
Sheets R-TOD-1 through R-TOD-5; II.A, V and VI · Verified 2026-09-22
Evidence record
Retrieved 2026-09-22. Document date: 2025-06-20.
Manual review of PDF text/tables or HTML; images inspected visually. No automated interpretation of prices. Read official source; manually cross-checked rates and rules against the applicable tariff and current rate page.
No open republication license established. Raw documents stay in the private local evidence cache; publish original factual summaries and source links only. SMUD terms restrict reuse of proprietary materials.
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SMUD Hydro Generation Adjustment
HGA-1 applicability; HGA-3 section VI · Verified 2026-09-22
Evidence record
Retrieved 2026-09-22. Document date: 2023-09-22.
Manual review of PDF text/tables or HTML; images inspected visually. No automated interpretation of prices. Read official source; manually cross-checked rates and rules against the applicable tariff and current rate page.
No open republication license established. Raw documents stay in the private local evidence cache; publish original factual summaries and source links only. SMUD terms restrict reuse of proprietary materials.
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SMUD current surcharges
State surcharge and Adjustments sections · Verified 2026-09-22
Evidence record
Retrieved 2026-09-22. Document date is not stated.
Manual review of PDF text/tables or HTML; images inspected visually. No automated interpretation of prices. Current page states HGA zero; HGA schedule establishes annual May-April application. May 1, 2026–April 30, 2027 is an explicit inference combining those sources; no pre-May 2026 HGA claim.
No open republication license established. Raw documents stay in the private local evidence cache; publish original factual summaries and source links only. SMUD terms restrict reuse of proprietary materials.
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SMUD TOD rate details and holidays
Holiday calendar and footnote · Verified 2026-09-22
Evidence record
Retrieved 2026-09-22. Document date is not stated.
Manual review of PDF text/tables or HTML; images inspected visually. No automated interpretation of prices. Read official source; manually cross-checked rates and rules against the applicable tariff and current rate page.
No open republication license established. Raw documents stay in the private local evidence cache; publish original factual summaries and source links only. SMUD terms restrict reuse of proprietary materials.
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SMUD Fixed Rate eligibility
Eligibility note · Verified 2026-09-22
Evidence record
Retrieved 2026-09-22. Document date is not stated.
Manual review of PDF text/tables or HTML; images inspected visually. No automated interpretation of prices. Read official source; manually cross-checked rates and rules against the applicable tariff and current rate page.
No open republication license established. Raw documents stay in the private local evidence cache; publish original factual summaries and source links only. SMUD terms restrict reuse of proprietary materials.
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SMUD application of rates and rate options
Rule 12, II · Verified 2026-09-22
Evidence record
Retrieved 2026-09-22. Document date: 2017-07-01.
Manual review of PDF text/tables or HTML; images inspected visually. No automated interpretation of prices. Read official source; manually cross-checked rates and rules against the applicable tariff and current rate page.
No open republication license established. Raw documents stay in the private local evidence cache; publish original factual summaries and source links only. SMUD terms restrict reuse of proprietary materials.
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SMUD billing, payment and credit
Rule 6, I and II · Verified 2026-09-22
Evidence record
Retrieved 2026-09-22. Document date: 2025-06-20.
Manual review of PDF text/tables or HTML; images inspected visually. No automated interpretation of prices. Read official source; manually cross-checked rates and rules against the applicable tariff and current rate page.
No open republication license established. Raw documents stay in the private local evidence cache; publish original factual summaries and source links only. SMUD terms restrict reuse of proprietary materials.
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City of Sacramento utility user tax
Utility User Tax main content · Verified 2026-09-22
Evidence record
Retrieved 2026-09-22. Document date is not stated.
Manual review of PDF text/tables or HTML; images inspected visually. No automated interpretation of prices. Official city page states 7.5% electricity rate; underlying code sections 3.32.050 and 3.32.060 corroborate 5% plus 2.5%.
No open republication license established. Raw documents stay in the private local evidence cache; publish original factual summaries and source links only. SMUD terms restrict reuse of proprietary materials.
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Sacramento utility user tax code attachment
PDF page 6: sections 3.32.050 and 3.32.060 · Verified 2026-09-22
Evidence record
Retrieved 2026-09-22. Document date: 2024-11-07.
Manual review of PDF text/tables or HTML; images inspected visually. No automated interpretation of prices. Official city meeting attachment read, then cross-checked current 2026 S-4 code online and current official city tax webpage. No open license asserted.
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SMUD 2026 TOD illustrative bill
Electricity Charges table · Verified 2026-09-22
Evidence record
Retrieved 2026-09-22. Document date is not stated.
Manual review of PDF text/tables or HTML; images inspected visually. No automated interpretation of prices. Visually inspected and independently recomputed. Demonstrates city tax on electricity plus SIFC, excluding state surcharge; illustrative example, not independent authority for rates or historical HGA.
No open republication license established. Raw documents stay in the private local evidence cache; publish original factual summaries and source links only. SMUD terms restrict reuse of proprietary materials.
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SMUD 2026 Fixed illustrative bill
Electricity Charges table · Verified 2026-09-22
Evidence record
Retrieved 2026-09-22. Document date is not stated.
Manual review of PDF text/tables or HTML; images inspected visually. No automated interpretation of prices. Visually inspected and independently recomputed. Illustrative bill supports tax base and ordinary cent rounding; not proof of tie-breaking policy.
No open republication license established. Raw documents stay in the private local evidence cache; publish original factual summaries and source links only. SMUD terms restrict reuse of proprietary materials.
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SMUD terms and conditions
General use restrictions · Verified 2026-09-22
Evidence record
Retrieved 2026-09-22. Document date is not stated.
Manual review of PDF text/tables or HTML; images inspected visually. No automated interpretation of prices. Read official source; manually cross-checked rates and rules against the applicable tariff and current rate page.
No open republication license established. Raw documents stay in the private local evidence cache; publish original factual summaries and source links only. SMUD terms restrict reuse of proprietary materials.
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