Benton PUD

About Benton PUD

Benton PUD serves electricity to 5 cities in Washington including cities like Kennewick, Richland, Prosser, Finley CDP, and Boardman. The entity is a political subdivision. At the time of the most recent government reports, the supplier reported a total of 56,610 electricity customers signed on for their services. This total is made up of 49,045 residential customer accounts, 6,580 commercial customer accounts and 985 industrial properties. Benton PUD's average residential electricity price per kilowatt hour is 8.70 cents per kilowatt hour. This is 44.35% less than the nationwide average rate of 15.64 cents, which ranks the company 162nd best for average electricity price out of 2893 providers in the United States. There were a total of 1,806,384 megawatt hours sold to retail consumers in 2022 by the provider and 378,189 megawatt hours sold by way of the wholesale electricity market. During the same timeframe, Benton PUD purchased 2,289,802 megawatt hours by way of wholesale channels. In 2022, the company earned 74.18% of their revenue from retail electricity sales and 18.40% wholesale customers.

Consumers of the company pay an average residential electricity bill of $115.57. This is 12.91% below the nationwide average bill of $132.69. Electricity production is not part of the Benton PUD business plan, as they purchase electricity at wholesale rates and then resell to their consumers.