Reminder!  Rate Credit Starting June 1

Residential, General Service and Small Irrigation customers will see a line item credit on their monthly bill of $.004 per kWh used each month for a year, commencing June 1, 2008.

Large Irrigation customers will receive a line item credit of $.0020 per kWh for three months (June - August) due to the seasonal energy usage with a final payment after the last BPA payment is received by Benton PUD.

Benton PUD will receive a projected total of $9.8 million from the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) due to the interim relief payment agreement associated with the Residential Exchange.

New Customer Service Hours

The lobby hours at the Kennewick Benton PUD office will change slightly, starting July 1.  The office will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. to allow our Customer Service Representatives some time to prepare for the day prior to customer arrivals and inquiries by phone. This will also provide more Representatives at the end of the day for customers, rather than working to prepare for the following day.

Benton PUD offers Phone Pay and Power Pay, available to our customers 24 hours a day, seven days a week. 

Phone Pay lets you make a payment using our automated payment line.  Call Customer Service at 582-2175 in Kennewick or 786-1841 in Prosser and follow the prompts to pay your bill using a credit card/debit card or withdrawal from your checking or savings account. 

Power Pay provides online services by visiting www.bentonpud.org and following the easy, fast steps for payments.  The website is a wealth of information to help answer questions about Benton PUD’s services.   

Rest assured, in the case of an outage, Benton PUD will continue to have 24 hour answering service with crews available to take care of the problem immediately.

WANTED:  Conservation Information

Benton PUD Energy Services will be surveying commercial customers to gain a better understanding of our customers needs in conservation. The information from the survey will help Benton PUD develop criteria for future rebate programs, which in turn, will help our customers save energy and lower their electric bills.

When you receive it in the mail, we would greatly appreciate you taking the time to fill it out and send it back to us. The best part - if you complete the survey, you may pick up eight FREE energy saving compact florescent light bulbs at Benton PUD. If you would like, an energy advisor will visit your facility and fill out the survey for you.

We appreciate your participation in the survey as the information gained will provide us valuable background as we design future conservation programs.

Watts of Wind

Commissioner Bob    Bertch, Jim Sanders and Commissioner Jeff Hall are standing at the

base of a wind turbine located at the recently completed White Creek Wind Project.

Benton PUD purchases power from the project, located in the Columbia River Gorge, 21 miles east of Goldendale, WA.  The 2.3 megawatt wind turbine stands 300 feet tall. The project has 89 wind turbines with a projected annual output of 68 average megawatts – enough power to serve 38,000 residences.  It was built by Cowlitz PUD, Klickitat PUD, Lakeview Light & Power and Tanner Electric.