City of Seattle - (WA) Electricity Rates

How this price compares

Ranked by price against the 39 utilities reporting residential rates in Washington, City of Seattle - (WA) comes 36th of 39. The state's range runs from PUD No 1 of Douglas County at 3.15¢ to Orcas Power & Light Coop at 18.38¢, so where a household sits inside Washington depends far more on which utility serves it than on the statewide average alone.

Against the 5 other municipal utilities reporting in Washington, which averaged 10.01¢, City of Seattle - (WA) is far above its own ownership class within the state (+40.7%).

All figures come from the 2024 release, so no comparison mixes vintages. The state figure is customer-weighted across 39 reporting utilities.

Scale and consumption

City of Seattle - (WA) reported 460.0K residential customers, ranking 2nd of 39 utilities in Washington by customers served and covering 13.9% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 7,213 kWh per customer per year - below the national residential norm, implying a typical annual bill near $1,016.

Within Washington the median reporting utility sells about 13,823 kWh per customer, so City of Seattle - (WA) customers use -47.8% against their own state's middle. Consumption this light usually tracks denser housing, gas heating or a milder service territory, which softens the bill impact of a high per-kWh price.

Every utility reporting in Washington

All 39 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Washington, largest first, with City of Seattle - (WA) marked. The named companies either side of it are the ones a household in this state might otherwise be served by.

For generation mix and price history statewide, see electricity rates in Washington.

Common questions about City of Seattle - (WA) rates

How much does City of Seattle - (WA) charge per kWh?

City of Seattle - (WA) reported an average residential price of 14.09¢ per kWh across its bundled residential customers in the 2024 EIA Form 861 release. That is an annual average across all its residential customers, not a rate schedule, so an individual bill depends on the tariff, usage pattern and season.

Is City of Seattle - (WA) expensive compared with the rest of Washington?

Its average residential price is above the Washington customer-weighted average of 12.41¢ per kWh, a difference of +13.5%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 39 utilities reporting residential service in Washington.

What is the average electricity bill for City of Seattle - (WA) customers?

Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 7,213 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,016 a year, or about $85 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.

Who owns City of Seattle - (WA)?

EIA classifies City of Seattle - (WA) as Municipal, a utility owned and operated by the local government it serves. Nationally, Municipal utilities averaged 13.03¢ per kWh in the 2024 release.

What this page does and does not tell you

• An average across bundled residential customers for the year, revenue divided by sales, not a rate schedule.
• Form 861 presence is not evidence of availability at an address or of customer choice.

See our methodology, why energy prices vary and understanding rate structures.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form 861 annual electric power industry report, 2024 release. Retrieved and formatted by RateWatt.