Jefferson County PUD

About Jefferson County PUD

Jefferson County PUD provides electricity in Port Townsend, Washington. Recently, the company reported a customer base of 21,409 accounts, 23 of which are industrial accounts, 2,776 are commercial customers and 18,610 are residential customers. Jefferson County PUD averages 13.52 cents per kilowatt hour billed to their customers for residential electricity. While this is more than the state average rate of 12.03 cents per kilowatt hour, it is lower than the US average of 16.15 cents. In 2023 the company had sales to end customers totaling 391,951 megawatt hours. The electricity they sourced was made up of megawatt hours that they acquired via wholesale channels. They purchased 402,262 on the wholesale market. The supplier earned $42,249,600 in 2023. The entirety of the revenue came from sales to retail customers alone.

The average monthly residential electricity bill for a consumer of Jefferson County PUD is $130.36, while the state average is $118.18. Consumers of the provider pay 8.55% more compared to the rest of the state. The company currently does not produce their own electricity. Instead, they must purchase that electricity at wholesale rates and then resell it at a higher rate to end users. Customers of the supplier are faced with 1.74 electrical outages a year with outages lasting an average of 316.45 minutes.