U.S. Electricity Provider · Municipal utility
City of Seattle - (WA)
City of Seattle - (WA) serves 512,498 customers in Washington. Average residential rate is 14.09¢ per kWh, for a monthly bill of $84.68. 100.0% of generation capacity is from renewable sources (2024 data).
- CEO
- Dawn Lindell
- Headquarters
- Seattle, Washington
- Phone
- (206) 684-3000
- Website
- seattle.gov/city-light
- Founded
- 1902
807th of 1,266 providers
14.09¢
City of Seattle - (WA)'s avg residential price per kWh
1.3% below the US average of 14.28¢
$84.68
Average monthly residential bill
35.7% below the US average bill of $131.63
Total customers
512,498
2024 data
Annual sales
9.0 TWh
States served
1
Renewable mix
100.0%
of owned capacity
Type
Municipal utility
Power generation mix
| Fuel | Plants | Capacity | Annual generation | Share of capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAT | 7 | 2.0 GW | 4.6 TWh | 100.0% |
Customers and sales by sector
| Sector | Customers | Sales | Revenue | Avg rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 459,964 | 3.3 TWh | $467,404,000 | 14.09¢ |
| Commercial | 52,473 | 5.0 TWh | $583,328,000 | 11.77¢ |
| Industrial | 58 | 693.4 GWh | $69,996,000 | 10.09¢ |
| Transportation | 3 | 76.8 GWh | $8,705,000 | 11.33¢ |
Power plants operated by City of Seattle - (WA)
| Plant | State | Fuel | Capacity | Generation | CO₂ | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boundary | WA | WAT | 1.2 GW | 2.8 TWh | — | Operating |
| Ross | WA | WAT | 450 MW | 411.6 GWh | — | Operating |
| Gorge | WA | WAT | 207 MW | 725.5 GWh | — | Operating |
| Diablo | WA | WAT | 182 MW | 548.9 GWh | — | Operating |
| Cedar Falls (WA) | WA | WAT | 30 MW | 25.2 GWh | — | Operating |
| South Fork Tolt | WA | WAT | 17 MW | 30.1 GWh | — | Operating |
| Newhalem | WA | WAT | 2 MW | — | — | Operating |
About this provider
Seattle City Light is the public electric utility for Seattle, Washington. It is the oldest publicly owned utility in the United States.
City of Seattle - (WA) is a municipal utility serving customers in one state . Its EIA utility ID is 16868. Data on this page is from EIA Form 861 and the EIA-860 plant inventory.