Fast Facts
Fast Facts – 2018 (as of 12/31/18)
CUSTOMERS
- Number of Connections:
- 54,136
- Average Monthly Residential Bill:
- $116 (Note: Lower than two-thirds of comparable NW Utilities)
- Average Monthly Residential Usage:
- 1,304 kWh
Low Income Assistance Programs:
- Low income discounts (senior and disabled)
- $602,513; funding was built into rates
- Low income conservation assistance
- $180,141; funding was built into rates
- Helping Hands
- $49,543; customer donations
POWER RESOURCES
| Resource |
Fuel |
Contract Capacity (MW) |
Energy Generated (aMW) |
| BPA |
Hydro |
198.0 |
230.8 |
| Frederickson |
Natural Gas |
50.0 |
15.9 |
| Nine Canyon |
Wind |
9.0 |
2.4 |
| White Creek |
Wind |
9.0 |
2.8 |
| Packwood |
Hydro |
3.9 |
1.4 |
| Wholesale Purchases |
Misc |
N/A |
18.5 |
| Secondary Market Sales |
Misc |
N/A |
-63.9 |
| Total Wholesale Load |
|
N/A |
213.9 |
| Transmission Losses |
|
N/A |
-3.2 |
| Distribution Losses (estimated) |
|
N/A |
-6.0 |
| Total Retail Load Billed |
|
N/A |
198.7 |
| Fuel Mix |
|
| Coal |
0.8% |
| Hydro |
82.2% |
| Natural Gas |
1.4% |
| Nuclear |
8.0% |
| Solar |
0.0% |
| Wind |
6.6% |
| Other |
1.0% |
*Washington State Department of Commerce allocates market purchases to specific resources based on its calculated net system mix. 2018 calculations are based on 2017 data reported by Benton PUD to the State Department of Commerce.
- Investment in Renewable Resources:
- Generation by Power Purchasing Agreement: $2.7 million; funding built into rates, includes investment in non-hydro renewable resources
- Investment in conservation:
- $2.4 million; funding built into rates, net of BPA reimbursement
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THE SYSTEM
- Service Territory
- 939 sq. miles in Benton County
- Miles of Lines:
- 98 miles of transmission lines
- 1.699 miles of distribution lines - 786 overhead, 902 underground
1,286 miles of overhead service wire, 988 miles of underground service wire
Substations:- 38
- Substation Transformers:
- 56
- Line Transformers:
- 19,032
- 2017 System Peak Load:
- Summer – 419 MW – July 2018
- Winter – 354 MW – January 2018
- Record System Peak Loads:
- Summer – 431 MW – July 2014
- Winter – 371 MW – Jan 2017
FINANCIAL
- 2018 Financial Results:
- Operating Revenues – $159.9 million
- Retail Revenues – $129.8 million
- Gross Power Supply Costs – $106.2 million
- Net Power Supply costs - $80.1 million
- Gross Capital Costs – $17.0 million
- Net Capital Costs – $14.9 million
* Occupation tax levied by the city in which the customer is located
WHOLESALE BROADBAND
- Fiber & Fixed wireless customers:
- 632
- Retail Service Providers:
- 10
- Miles of Fiber:
- 444
- Annual Revenues:
- $2.3 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):
- 149