Merced Irrigation District

About Merced Irrigation District

Merced Irrigation District is a political subdivision serving 3 cities throughout the state of California including Merced, Atwater, Livingston, Winton CDP, and Franklin CDP (Merced County). Presently, 13,879 consumers receive their electricity from the supplier. These customers are a mix of 0.69% industrial locations, 13.86% commercial customer accounts and 85.45% residential customer accounts. On average, Merced Irrigation District charges their consumers a residential electricity price of 27.79 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 9.25% lower than the average California rate of 30.62 cents. They had total sales and disposition of 848,484 megawatt hours in 2023, of which 37.38% were by way of wholesale channels. The electricity sourced by Merced Irrigation District is made up of multiple sources including megawatt hours they generate and other megawatt hours purchased by way of wholesale channels. Of the total electricity sourced these two categories comprise 36.51% and 63.49%, respectively. In 2023, the company made a total of $134,458,800 from business activities relating to the sale and transfer of electricity. They had revenue of $96,086,700 coming from retail sales to end users and $30,821,900 from sales to the wholesale market.

The average residential electricity bill for a customer of Merced Irrigation District is $167.14 per month, while the state average is $160.09. Customers of the company pay a 4.92% markup compared to other residents of California. The supplier is able to generate 309,869 megawatt hours from hydroelectric power sources, which makes them the 14th largest producer of hydroelectric power in the state out of 65 providers. Electricity production from renewable fuels by the supplier totals 309,869 megawatt hours, which ranks the company 137th out of the 3530 we track in the nation. Merced Irrigation District generates 309,869 megawatt hours from their production facilities, ranking them as the 318th largest producer of electricity in the US out of 3530 electricity providers.