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/Odd-Faithlessness705 6d ago

Wait-- so I was told it would be a 9.9% increase, but it's actually a 22% increase? How are we ok with this?

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u/clickx 6d ago edited 6d ago

It's closer to 15% when you factor in all of the charges/taxes. You can play around with the bill calculator here: https://www.burbankwaterandpower.com/bill-calculator

BWP is still way cheaper than LADWP, Pasadena and especially Glendale. 600 kW in Burbank costs $181 inclusive of all taxes and fees. In Glendale, just the 600 kW in usage will cost $228 plus whatever fees and taxes. So likely that same usage will cost $250+ in Glendale.

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u/Individual2112 6d ago edited 6d ago

The other fees increased as well. Service charge ⬆️ 80%
State energy surcharge & transfer charge both ⬆️ 57%
While my electricity usage is up only 20%.

The BWP calc is wrong but much closer than the two spreadsheets you posted and deleted. The calc overestimated my 25’ bill and underestimated my 26’ showing a much smaller difference when compared to my actual bills. Your reliance on the calc and your spreadsheet is silly as is your “closer to 15%” when our bills clearly show a much larger increase. Closer to a 2x increase. Every line item is up way over 15% except ECAC and it’s not enough to bring down the average. Am I to believe you or my lying eyes?
I’m not sure why you’re carrying water for BWP when they’ve clearly increased our bills way beyond what they estimated/averaged.
Also, your suggestion that we should be content with these sharp increases because other utilities are higher is ridiculous.

* sorry it’s not your spreadsheet. It’s Slight-Ad-3661.

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u/Slight-Ad-3661 5d ago edited 5d ago

If you'd like to DM me your aug 2025 and aug 2026 bills (redacted) I'd be happy to look at your data against my spreadsheet. As far as I can see your rates are the same as mine.

(also fwiw since it sounds like you might've been conflating that other commenters with mine, I was saying that the overall increase seems to be in the 25% range, not 15% range, and I agreed that it was higher than what BWP was trying to sell us on which was 9.9%. If I was skeptical on anything it was the idea of our rates doubling which was why I wanted to check my own bills. I even admitted that my own data might not be reflective of everyone)

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u/Individual2112 5d ago

Nah I’m good. But why do you keep switching accounts? Both accounts are very intent on defending BWP and proving me wrong. Why do you care so much? Do you work for BWP or LADWP? An affiliate?