Retail electricity customers: commercial: California (Units) - 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 number of retail electricity customers in the commercial sector stood at 1,828,947 in July 2026, compared to 1,802,403 in the previous month. This represents a gain of 1.5 percent.
Sample. There are 235 data points overall in the monthly time series presented in the chart above. The time range covered by the series goes from January 2007 to July 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few summary statistics computed on the entire sample: the customer count reached a maximum of 1,897,985 in August 2012; it hit a minimum of 1,556,058 in April 2026; it was equal on average to 1,746,719.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Units |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | 1,746,498 |
| 2026-06-30 | 1,802,403 |
| 2026-07-31 | 1,828,947 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Retail electricity customer count for the commercial sector in California |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Stock |
| Data type | Quantity |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Current prices |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Units |
| 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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