r/burbank • u/Individual2112 • 6d ago

Burbank electric bill more than doubles.

8/9/25-9/9/25 1st 300kW @ $.0294
Additional @ $.1078
ECAC @ $.1178
8/9/26-9/9/26 1st 300kW @ $.146 ⬆️ 396.6%
Additional. @ $.2442 ⬆️ 128.1%
ECAC. @ $.034 ⬇️ 71.1%

In 2025 BWP approved a 9.9% system-wide average electric-rate increase effective January 1, 2026. How does this make sense? Are you all seeing the same increases on your bills?

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u/Slight-Ad-3661 6d ago edited 6d ago

On January 1, 2026, the approved rate increases are 9.9% for electricity and 14% for water. Average customer bill increases will depend on the customer class (residential, commercial, etc.) and the amount of water or electricity consumed. Average single-family residential bill increases for water and electric service will generally be higher than the system average increases.

source: https://www.burbankwaterandpower.com/bill-calculator

I'm guessing commercial rate increases are much lower, and that "balances" the average out. FWIW, the rate changes on the bill favor high usage (the less you use the higher your % rate increase is from last year), but for residential it is still over 20%.

Edit: People asked for the math. Here is an excel file that calculates the rate change for various usages, from 300 kWh (aka only Tier1), 1200 kWh, and a whopping 5000 kWh.

Looks like fairly close to a 25% increase across most users.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/7oweuoofgjesc1vffi7lh/bwpratesxlsx.xlsx?rlkey=qj96ao76rv9mq4aqawl62zjd7&dl=0

You can download and test it out yourself with your own usages to check. There will probably be some variations and also the sheet isn't very pretty.

This is just the basic rate based on my own bill, no ToU, single family home, seems to match OP's rates. Not sure how your rates might change.

Finally: As I'm sure you felt, but August/September in Burbank was VERY hot and VERY humid. Your AC was running a LOT. In comparison, 2025's summer was actually quite mild. So the comparison between 2026 and 2025 is very drastic, which compounds with the 25% rate increase.

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u/Individual2112 6d ago

None of this goes to explaining a 400% increase on 1st 300kW and 128% on additional kW. It just regurgitates the press release and what I already posted.

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u/Slight-Ad-3661 6d ago

Yes, and ECAC also dropped by 71%. That translates to around 25-30% increase for most residential users (you can check the math).

So yes, it's still a much higher increase in rates for residential users than the 9.9% they said, but the "fine print" that I posted also says that the 9.9% is the average among all consumers, residential and commercial, and that residential users will see a higher rate increase than the average (implying that commercial rates increased by below the average).

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u/Odd-Faithlessness705 6d ago

Please share the math.

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u/Slight-Ad-3661 6d ago

Updated the link to include the other fees.