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Fast Facts – 2022 (as of 08/08/2023)

customer overview 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 overview 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
 

system overview 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 overview.png 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

broadband overview.png WHOLESALE BROADBAND

Fiber & Fixed wireless customers:
768
Retail Service Providers:
13
Miles of Fiber:
522
Annual Revenues:
$2.9 million

Commmission overview.png BENTON PUD COMMISSION

Jeff Hall
District 2, Elected 2002
Lori Kays-Sanders
District 1, Elected 2004
Barry Bush
District 3, Elected 2012
 

employees overview  EMPLOYEES

Number of Full Time Employees (FTEs):
148