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 464,922 residential customer accounts, 52,600 commercial accounts, 3 transportation customer accounts and 63 industrial customer accounts who are receiving electricity from the supplier. Seattle City Light charges their patrons a residential electricity price of 14.43 cents per kilowatt hour on average. This is 18.13% higher than Washington's average rate of 12.21 cents, resulting in the provider ranking 57th lowest for average electricity rate out of 61 providers in the state. The company sold 1,364,663 megawatt hours in 2023 by way of wholesale channels to other companies. Electricity plants owned by the company generated 4,587,434 megawatt hours and an additional 6,640,799 megawatt hours were acquired via the wholesale market. The company had $1,203,324,000 in 2023, $131,207,000 of which came from wholesale electricity sales and $1,048,523,000 of which came from retail electricity sales.

The average residential electricity bill for a customer of Seattle City Light is $86.58 per month, while the state average is $119.71. Customers of the company pay a 23.11% markdown compared to other residents of Washington. The supplier is able to generate 4,679,311 megawatt hours from hydroelectric power sources, which makes them the 5th largest producer of hydroelectric power in the state out of 56 providers. Electricity production from renewable fuels by the supplier totals 4,679,311 megawatt hours, which ranks the company 47th out of the 3530 we track in the nation. Seattle City Light generates 4,679,311 megawatt hours from their production facilities, ranking them as the 190th largest producer of electricity in the US out of 3530 electricity providers.