Seattle City Light

About Seattle City Light

Seattle City Light is a municipally owned organization operating in 8 cities throughout Washington including Seattle, Renton, Shoreline, Burien, and SeaTac. There are 452,101 residential customer accounts, 52,124 commercial accounts, 3 transportation customer accounts and 55 industrial customer accounts who are receiving electricity from the supplier. Seattle City Light charges their patrons a residential electricity price of 12.98 cents per kilowatt hour on average. This is 18.52% higher than Washington's average rate of 10.95 cents, resulting in the provider ranking 56th lowest for average electricity rate out of 59 providers in the state. The company sold 1,951,244 megawatt hours in 2022 by way of wholesale channels to other companies. Electricity plants owned by the company generated 6,172,537 megawatt hours and an additional 6,024,497 megawatt hours were acquired via the wholesale market. The company had $1,244,425,200 in 2022, $172,011,000 of which came from wholesale electricity sales and $1,009,854,200 of which came from retail electricity sales.

The average residential electricity bill for a customer of Seattle City Light is $77.77 per month, while the state average is $109.29. Customers of the company pay a 23.75% markdown compared to other residents of Washington. The supplier is the 5th largest generator of hydroelectric power out of 56 suppliers in the state. Based on megawatt hours produced, Seattle City Light is the 7th largest provider out of 83 providers in the state. Seattle City Light generates 4,754,007 megawatt hours from their generation facilities, which ranks them as the 7th highest producer of electricity in Washington out of 56 suppliers.