Fast Facts
Fast Facts – 2021 (as of 06/03/2022)
CUSTOMERS
- Number of Connections:
- 56,289
Average Monthly Residential Bill:
- $119 (Note: Lower than two-thirds of comparable NW Utilities)
- Average Monthly Residential Usage:
- 1,271 kWh
Low Income Assistance Programs:
- Low income discounts (senior, disabled, and veteran)
- $604,924; funding was built into rates
- Low income conservation assistance
- $226,388; funding was built into rates
- Round Up for Helping Hands
- $65,668; customer donations
POWER RESOURCES
| Resource |
Fuel |
Contract Capacity (MW) |
Energy Generated (aMW) |
| BPA* |
Hydro, Nuclear |
191.8 |
210.3 |
| Frederickson |
Natural Gas |
50.0 |
28.7 |
| Nine Canyon |
Wind |
9.0 |
2.5 |
| White Creek |
Wind |
9.0 |
2.7 |
| Packwood |
Hydro |
3.9 |
1.4 |
| Wholesale Purchases |
Misc |
N/A |
22.3 |
| Secondary Market Sales |
Misc |
N/A |
-47.6 |
| Total Wholesale Load |
|
N/A |
220.3 |
| Transmission Losses |
|
N/A |
-5.9 |
| Distribution Losses (estimated) |
|
N/A |
-8.1 |
| Total Retail Load Billed |
|
N/A |
206.3 |
*BPA Contract Capacity is BPA’s firm (guaranteed) annual energy and BPA Energy Generated is Benton PUD’s contractual rights to a fixed Block amount plus a 1.368% Slice of the actual energy generated
| Fuel Mix |
2021 Estimate |
4-Year Average |
| Coal |
0.0% |
0.0% |
| Hydro |
74.5% |
76.5% |
| Natural Gas |
0.0% |
0.8% |
| Nuclear |
9.5% |
9.9% |
| Solar |
0.0% |
0.0% |
| Wind |
7.2% |
6.5% |
| Other |
3.5% |
1.6% |
| Unspecified Source |
5.3% |
4.7% |
| Carbon Free |
91% |
93% |
*Washington State Department of Commerce allocates market purchases to specific resources based on its calculated net system mix. 2020 calculations are based on 2019 data reported by Benton PUD to the State Department of Commerce.
- Load by Customer Class:
- Residential – 39.4%
- General – 30.0%
- Large Industrial – 3.6%
- Irrigation – 26.7%
- Other – 0.3%
- Investment in Renewable Resources:
- Generation by Power Purchasing Agreement: $4.7 million; funding built into rates, includes investment in non-hydro renewable resources
- Investment in conservation:
- $2.6 million; funding built into rates, net of BPA reimbursement
-
THE SYSTEM
- Service Territory
- 939 sq. miles in Benton County
- Miles of Lines:
- 98 miles of transmission lines
- 1,745 miles of distribution lines - 780 overhead, 965 underground
273 miles of overhead service wire, 655 miles of underground service wire
Substations:- 39
- Substation Transformers:
- 56
- Line Transformers:
- 19,692
- Annual System Peak Load:
- Summer – 490 MW – July 2021
- Winter – 308 MW – December 2021
- Record System Peak Loads:
- Summer – 490 MW – July 2021
- Winter – 371 MW – Jan 2017
FINANCIAL
- 2021 Financial Results:
- Operating Revenues – $174.8 million
- Retail Revenues – $137.2 million
- Gross Power Supply Costs – $117.1 million
- Net Power Supply costs - $83.6 million
- Gross Capital Costs – $17.9 million
- Net Capital Costs – $15.7 million
- 2021 Taxes:
- Total Taxes – $14.2 million
- State Privilege Tax – $2.8 million
- State Public Utility Tax – $5.3 million
- City Tax – $6.1 million*
* Occupation tax levied by the city in which the customer is located
WHOLESALE BROADBAND
- Fiber & Fixed wireless customers:
- 788
- Retail Service Providers:
- 12
- Miles of Fiber:
- 516
- Annual Revenues:
- $2.9 million
BENTON PUD COMMISSION
- Jeff Hall
- District 2, Elected 2002
- Lori Kays-Sanders
- District 1, Elected 2004
- Barry Bush
- District 3, Elected 2012
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EMPLOYEES
- Number of Full Time Employees (FTEs):
- 148