Fast Facts
Fast Facts – 2017 (as of 12/31/17)
CUSTOMERS
- Number of Connections:
- 53,433
- Average Monthly Residential Bill:
- $116 (Note: Lower than two-thirds of comparable NW Utilities)
- Average Monthly Residential Usage:
- 1,360 kWh
Low Income Assistance Programs:
- Low income discounts (senior and disabled)
- $613,685; funding was built into rates
- Low income conservation assistance
- $170,680; funding was built into rates
- Helping Hands
- $53,788; customer donations
POWER RESOURCES
| Resource |
Fuel |
Contract Capacity (MW) |
Energy Generated (aMW) |
Energy Used to Meet Load (aMW) |
| BPA |
Hydro |
198.0 |
234.3 |
193.6 |
| Frederickson |
Natural Gas |
50.0 |
20.6 |
7.8 |
| Nine Canyon |
Wind |
9.0 |
2.4 |
2.4 |
| White Creek |
Wind |
9.0 |
2.4 |
- |
| Packwood |
Hydro |
3.9 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
| Wholesale Purchases |
Misc |
N/A |
22.2 |
8.5 |
| Secondary Market Sales |
Misc |
N/A |
-69.6 |
- |
| Total Wholesale Load |
|
N/A |
213.9 |
213.9 |
| Transmission Losses |
|
N/A |
-3.0 |
-3.0 |
| Distribution Losses (estimated) |
|
N/A |
-7.1 |
-7.1 |
| Total Retail Load Billed |
|
N/A |
203.8 |
203.8 |
| Fuel Mix |
|
| Coal |
2.7% |
| Hydro |
76.3% |
| Natural Gas |
5.6% |
| Nuclear |
9.6% |
| Solar |
0.1% |
| Wind |
5.5% |
| Other |
0.2% |
*Washington State Department of Commerce allocates market purchases to specific resources based on its calculated net system mix. 2017 calculations are based on 2016 data reported by Benton PUD to the State Department of Commerce.
- Investment in Renewable Resources:
- Generation by Power Purchasing Agreement: $3.1 million; funding built into rates, includes investment in non-hydro renewable resources
- Investment in conservation:
- $0.5 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
- 1688 miles of distribution lines - 786 overhead, 902 underground
1,291 miles of overhead service wire, 1,007 miles of underground service wire
Substations:- 37
- Substation Transformers:
- 55
- Substation Capacity:
- Rural 295 MVA, Urban 700 MVA
- Line Transformers:
- 18,805
- Line Transformer Capacity:
- 1,056 MVA
- 2017 System Peak Load:
- Summer – 426 MW – July 2017
- Winter – 371 MW – January 2017
- Record System Peak Loads:
- Summer – 430 MW – July 2014
- Winter – 392 MW – Feb 1996
FINANCIAL
- 2017 Financial Results:
- Operating Revenues – $150.1 million
- Retail Revenues – $130.8 million
- Secondary Market Sales Revenues - $15.8 million
- Gross Power Supply Costs – $96.8 million
- Net Power Supply costs - $81.0 million
- Gross Capital Costs – $13.2 million
- Net Capital Costs – $11.2 million
* Occupation tax levied by the city in which the customer is located
WHOLESALE BROADBAND
- Fiber & Fixed wireless customers:
- 616
- Retail Service Providers:
- 10
- Miles of Fiber:
- 414
- Annual Revenues:
- $2.2 million
BENTON PUD COMMISSION
- Barry Bush
- District 3, Elected 2012
- Jeff Hall
- District 2, Elected 2002
- Lori Kays-Sanders
- District 1, Elected 2004
EMPLOYEES
- Number of Full Time Employees (FTEs):
- 152