Fast Facts
Fast Facts – 2022 (as of 08/08/2023)
CUSTOMERS
- Number of Connections:
- 56,895
Average Monthly Residential Bill:
- $115 (Note: Lower than two-thirds of comparable NW Utilities)
- Average Monthly Residential Usage:
- 1,378 kWh
Low Income Assistance Programs:
- Low income discounts (senior, disabled, and veteran)
- $651,220; funding was built into rates
- Low income conservation assistance
- $661,059; funding was built into rates
- Round Up for Helping Hands
- $69,108; customer donations
POWER RESOURCES
Resource |
Fuel |
Contract Capacity (MW) |
Energy Generated (aMW) |
BPA* |
Hydro, Nuclear |
191.8 |
222.7 |
Frederickson |
Natural Gas |
50.0 |
10.9 |
Nine Canyon |
Wind |
9.0 |
1.9 |
White Creek |
Wind |
9.0 |
2.2 |
Packwood |
Hydro |
3.9 |
1.4 |
Wholesale Purchases |
Misc. |
N/A |
22.3 |
Secondary Market Sales |
Misc |
N/A |
-43.2 |
Total Wholesale Load |
|
N/A |
217.8 |
Transmission Losses |
|
N/A |
-4.7 |
Distribution Losses (estimated) |
|
N/A |
-6.9 |
Total Retail Load Billed |
|
N/A |
206.2 |
*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* |
2022 Estimate |
2018-2021 Average |
Coal |
0.0% |
0.0% |
Hydro |
74.5% |
76.8% |
Natural Gas |
0.0% |
0.8% |
Nuclear |
9.5% |
9.9% |
Solar |
0.0% |
0.0% |
Wind |
7.2% |
6.5% |
Other |
3.5% |
1.7% |
Unspecified Source ** |
5.3% |
4.3% |
Carbon Free |
91% |
93% |
* Fuel mix developed in accordance with Washington State Department of Commerce calculations; 4-year average based on 2019-2022.
**Unspecified sources are Benton PUD's market purchases when contracted resources are not sufficient to meet load and Benton PUD's allocation of Bonneville Power Administration's market purchases. Benton PUD may not know the specific generation resource for its market purchase transactions as counterparties are not required to disclose the specific generation resource at the time of transaction.
- Load by Customer Class:
- Residential – 43.2%
- General – 31.1%
- Large Industrial – 3.6%
- Irrigation – 21.7%
- Other – 0.4%
Investment (Gross) in Renewable Resources:
$4.7 million; funding built into rates, includes investment in non-hydro renewable resources
Investment in conservation:
$3.1 million; funding built into rates, net of BPA reimbursement
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THE SYSTEM
- Service Territory
- 927 sq. miles in Benton County
- Miles of Lines:
- 105 miles of transmission lines
- 1,741 miles of distribution lines - 776 overhead, 965 underground
279 miles of overhead service wire, 1,115 miles of underground service wire
Substations:
- 39
- Substation Transformers:
- 56
- Line Transformers:
- 9,295 Overhead
10,706 Underground
- Annual System Peak Load:
- Summer – 455 MW – July 2022
- Winter – 393 MW – December 2022
- Record System Peak Loads:
- Summer – 490 MW – June 2021
- Winter – 393 MW – December 2022
FINANCIAL
- 2021 Financial Results:
- Operating Revenues – $108.2 million
- Retail Revenues – $140.6 million
- Gross Power Supply Costs – $122.3 million
- Net Power Supply costs - $87.4 million
- Gross Capital Costs – $20.3 million
- Net Capital Costs – $17.1 million
- 2021 Taxes:
- Total Taxes – $15.0 million
- State Privilege Tax – $2.9 million
- State Public Utility Tax – $5.5 million
- City Tax – $6.5 million*
* Occupation tax levied by the city in which the customer is located
WHOLESALE BROADBAND
- Fiber & Fixed wireless customers:
- 768
- Retail Service Providers:
- 13
- Miles of Fiber:
- 522
- 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