Washington · Political Subdivision · public-other
PUD No 1 of Clark County - (WA) public-power rates
Public-power residential average from EIA Form 861, 2024 - ownership form and territory share differ from investor-owned peers.
- 10.41¢
- Avg residential price / kWh
- 219.5K
- Residential customers
- -16.1%
- vs Washington average
- $1,259
- Implied avg annual bill
Among 194 utilities with 100,000 or more residential customers, PUD No 1 of Clark County - (WA) ranks #192 by average cents per kWh and #122 by residential customers. PUD No 1 of Clark County - (WA) (Political Subdivision) averaged 10.41¢/kWh in 2024 - below the Washington average.
San Diego Gas & Electric Co ranks #1 of 194 by average residential cents per kWh (43.63¢, 307,982 customers, customers rank #90). Florida Power & Light Co ranks #1 of 194 by residential customers (5,236,277 customers at 13.71¢, price rank #122). The highest average rate is not the largest customer count. PUD No 1 of Clark County - (WA) is political subdivision - a public utility district or authority created under state law rather than a city government. Its reported average residential price is below the Washington customer-weighted average (-16.1%). Its customers used above the national residential norm at about 12,090 kWh a year each.
- San Diego Gas & Electric Co 43.63¢ · customers rank #90
- Florida Power & Light Co 5,236,277 customers · price rank #122
Highest average rate is not the most customers
Residential customers for the average-rate #1 and customers #1 utilities among 194 with 100,000 or more residential customers
- FL size
Florida Power & Light Co
5,236,277 residential customers
- CA rate 307,982
San Diego Gas & Electric Co
307,982 residential customers
What this shows San Diego Gas & Electric Co ranks #1 of 194 by average residential cents per kWh (43.63¢, 307,982 customers, customers rank #90). Florida Power & Light Co ranks #1 of 194 by residential customers (5,236,277 customers at 13.71¢, price rank #122). The highest average rate is not the largest customer count.
EIA Form 861 utility filing desk
Release WA-2024 · PUD No 1 of Clark County - (WA) WELL BELOW STATE
PUD No 1 of Clark County - (WA) · Form 861 2024 · WELL BELOW STATE
- RATE 10.41¢/kWh
- RANK #23/39
- VS-ST -16.1%
- VS-US -39.2%
- CUST 219k
- BILL $1,259
- OWN OTHER
- PHOTO TX 0.21¢
- BOOK 122/194
Nearest Form 861 price peer: Magic Valley Electric Coop Inc (TX) (-0.21¢ gap)
EIA Form 861 residential filing stamps for this utility record. Read with this utility → · Washington rates
PUD No 1 of Clark County - (WA) in the Form 861 price neighbourhood
Average residential ¢/kWh among this utility and nearest indexable peers
- TX
Champion Energy Services
10 ¢/kWh
- TX
Magic Valley Electric Coop Inc
10 ¢/kWh
- this util
PUD No 1 of Clark County - (WA)
10 ¢/kWh
- WA
City of Tacoma - (WA)
11 ¢/kWh
- NE
Lincoln Electric System
11 ¢/kWh
What this shows PUD No 1 of Clark County - (WA) reports 10.41¢/kWh, corpus customer-rank 122 of 194.
RateWatt cost context
How PUD No 1 of Clark County - (WA) compares on reported cost context
A weighted comparison, not a tariff quote, reliability grade, service-quality score, or recommendation. Lower price and lower implied annual bill score better against reporting utilities in Washington; the state generation context is shown separately.
- Price against state peers
- 42/100
- Implied annual bill against state peers
- 68/100
- State renewable generation context
- 94/100
10.41¢/kWh · median 9.91¢/kWh
$1,259/yr · median $1,403/yr
73.4% · median 22.8%
Weights: 50% price, 30% implied annual bill, 20% state renewable-generation context. Unreported inputs are excluded and the remaining weights are redistributed. Price and bill use EIA Form 861 (2024); generation context uses EIA state generation data (2025) and is not attributed to this provider.
Territory and usage
Scale and consumption
PUD No 1 of Clark County - (WA) reported 219.5K residential customers, ranking 5th of 39 utilities in Washington by customers served and covering 6.6% of the state's reported residential customers.
Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 12,090 kWh per customer per year - -12.5% against the Washington median of 13,823 kWh , implying a typical annual bill near $1,259.
Rate comparison
Public-power price placement
Ranked by price against the 39 utilities reporting residential rates in Washington, PUD No 1 of Clark County - (WA) comes 23rd 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 17 other political subdivision utilities reporting in Washington, whose customer-weighted average is 10.21¢, PUD No 1 of Clark County - (WA) is close to its own ownership class within the state (+2.0%).
Price distribution in the state
Where PUD No 1 of Clark County - (WA) sits among Washington utilities
2024 average residential price across the 39 utilities reporting a rate in Washington
10.41¢/kWh 42nd affordability percentile More affordable than 42% of 38 other utilities
average residential price, equal-width bands
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Source EIA Form 861 · 2024
| Benchmark | Price / kWh | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| PUD No 1 of Clark County - (WA) | 10.41¢ | - |
| Washington (customer-weighted, 39 utilities) | 12.41¢ | -16.1% |
| US Form 861 customer-weighted average (1.5K utilities) | 17.11¢ | -39.2% |
| Political Subdivision customer-weighted US avg (52 utilities) | 13.45¢ | -22.6% |
State peers
Every utility reporting in Washington
All 39 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Washington, largest first, with PUD No 1 of Clark County - (WA) marked. The named companies either side of it are the ones a household in this state might otherwise be served by.
| Utility | Ownership | Customers | Avg ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puget Sound Energy Inc | Investor Owned | 1.1M | 14.63¢ |
| City of Seattle - (WA) | Municipal | 460.0K | 14.09¢ |
| PUD No 1 of Snohomish County | Political Subdivision | 346.5K | 11.51¢ |
| Avista Corp | Investor Owned | 246.1K | 11.87¢ |
| PUD No 1 of Clark County - (WA) (this page) | Political Subdivision | 219.5K | 10.41¢ |
| City of Tacoma - (WA) | Municipal | 180.4K | 10.81¢ |
| PacifiCorp | Investor Owned | 114.5K | 11.08¢ |
| PUD No 1 of Benton County | Political Subdivision | 50.1K | 8.81¢ |
| PUD No 1 of Cowlitz County | Political Subdivision | 48.3K | 8.80¢ |
| PUD No 2 of Grant County | Political Subdivision | 42.5K | 6.01¢ |
| PUD No 1 of Chelan County | Political Subdivision | 42.1K | 3.67¢ |
| Inland Power & Light Company | Cooperative | 41.7K | 8.98¢ |
| PUD No 1 of Grays Harbor County | Political Subdivision | 39.9K | 12.52¢ |
| Peninsula Light Company | Cooperative | 35.5K | 10.50¢ |
| PUD No 3 of Mason County | Political Subdivision | 34.0K | 13.79¢ |
| PUD No 1 of Clallam County | Political Subdivision | 30.6K | 11.85¢ |
| PUD No 1 of Lewis County | Political Subdivision | 29.4K | 9.48¢ |
| PUD No 1 of Franklin County | Political Subdivision | 27.4K | 9.68¢ |
| City of Richland - (WA) | Municipal | 25.7K | 9.82¢ |
| PUD No 1 of Jefferson County | Political Subdivision | 18.7K | 13.01¢ |
| PUD No 1 of Okanogan County | Political Subdivision | 18.1K | 10.23¢ |
| PUD No 1 of Douglas County | Political Subdivision | 16.7K | 3.15¢ |
| PUD No 2 of Pacific County | Political Subdivision | 16.5K | 9.17¢ |
| Elmhurst Mutual Power & Light Co | Cooperative | 15.4K | 8.32¢ |
| Orcas Power & Light Coop | Cooperative | 13.9K | 18.38¢ |
| Benton Rural Electric Assn | Cooperative | 13.4K | 9.27¢ |
| Vera Irrigation District #15 | Political Subdivision | 12.2K | 9.18¢ |
| PUD No 1 of Klickitat County | Political Subdivision | 11.9K | 12.05¢ |
| City of Port Angeles - (WA) | Municipal | 9.3K | 9.13¢ |
| Modern Electric Water Company | Cooperative | 9.2K | 7.43¢ |
| PUD No 1 of Pend Oreille County | Political Subdivision | 9.1K | 8.59¢ |
| City of Centralia - (WA) | Municipal | 9.1K | 9.88¢ |
| City of Ellensburg - (WA) | Municipal | 8.8K | 10.40¢ |
| Lakeview Light & Power | Cooperative | 8.2K | 9.91¢ |
| Big Bend Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 5.8K | 9.10¢ |
| Columbia Rural Elec Assn, Inc | Cooperative | 4.3K | 14.15¢ |
| Tesla Inc. | Behind the Meter | 99 | 5.36¢ |
| Kootenai Electric Cooperative | Cooperative | 92 | 10.87¢ |
| Northern Lights, Inc | Cooperative | 14 | 12.02¢ |
For generation mix and price history statewide, see electricity rates in Washington.
Rate against consumption: Washington utilities
Ownership class peers
Political Subdivision utilities with similar residential prices
Beyond Washington, these indexable political subdivision utilities report the closest residential averages to PUD No 1 of Clark County - (WA) in the same Form 861 release. Peer sets differ by ownership class and price, not a shared national list.
| Utility | State | Customers | Avg ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omaha Public Power District | Nebraska | 362.9K | 12.36¢ |
| Salt River Project | Arizona | 1.1M | 13.46¢ |
| Sacramento Municipal Util Dist | California | 592.6K | 17.87¢ |
| Imperial Irrigation District | California | 142.1K | 17.91¢ |
| Modesto Irrigation District | California | 103.7K | 21.78¢ |
FAQ
Common questions about PUD No 1 of Clark County - (WA) rates
- How much does PUD No 1 of Clark County - (WA) charge per kWh?
- PUD No 1 of Clark County - (WA) reported an average residential price of 10.41¢ 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 PUD No 1 of Clark County - (WA) expensive compared with the rest of Washington?
- Its average residential price is below the Washington customer-weighted average of 12.41¢ per kWh, a difference of -16.1%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 39 utilities reporting residential service in Washington.
- What is the average electricity bill for PUD No 1 of Clark County - (WA) customers?
- Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 12,090 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,259 a year, or about $105 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.
- Who owns PUD No 1 of Clark County - (WA)?
- EIA classifies PUD No 1 of Clark County - (WA) as Political Subdivision, a public utility district or authority created under state law rather than a city government. Nationally, the customer-weighted average across Political Subdivision utilities was 13.45¢ per kWh in the 2024 Form 861 release.
Limitations
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 and why energy prices vary .
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form 861 annual electric power industry report, 2024 release. Retrieved and formatted by RateWatt.
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