Washington · Political Subdivision

PUD No 1 of Snohomish County Electricity Rates

Average residential price, customers served and derived annual usage from EIA Form 861, 2024 release.

11.51¢
Avg residential price / kWh
346.5K
Residential customers
-7.2%
vs Washington average
$1,307
Implied avg annual bill

PUD No 1 of Snohomish County charged an average of 11.51¢ per kWh to residential customers in 2024 - close to the Washington average and far below the US average.

PUD No 1 of Snohomish County is political subdivision - a public utility district or authority created under state law rather than a city government. Its reported average residential price is close to the Washington customer-weighted average (-7.2%). Its customers used near the national residential norm at about 11,350 kWh a year each.

How this price compares

Ranked by price against the 39 utilities reporting residential rates in Washington, PUD No 1 of Snohomish County comes 28th 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, which averaged 9.44¢, PUD No 1 of Snohomish County is above its own ownership class within the state (+22.0%).

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

Where PUD No 1 of Snohomish County sits among Washington utilities

2024 average residential price across the 39 utilities reporting a rate in Washington

11.51¢/kWh 29th affordability percentile More affordable than 29% of 38 other utilities

PUD No 1 of Snohomish County

average residential price, equal-width bands

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Source EIA Form 861 · 2024

PUD No 1 of Snohomish County average residential price against three benchmarks, 2024
BenchmarkPrice / kWhDifference
PUD No 1 of Snohomish County 11.51¢ -
Washington (customer-weighted, 39 utilities) 12.41¢ -7.2%
United States average 16.48¢ -30.1%
Political Subdivision utilities nationally (52) 11.82¢ -2.6%

Rate against consumption: Washington utilities

Each dot is one of the 39 Washington utilities reporting both a residential price and residential sales in 2024, placed by its rank percentile within that group rather than its raw value, so one very large utility cannot flatten the rest. Bubble size follows customers served, rank-scaled so a utility with millions of customers cannot swamp the rest. PUD No 1 of Snohomish County is highlighted. In Washington the cheapest rate belongs to PUD No 1 of Douglas County (3.15¢) while the smallest implied annual bill belongs to Tesla Inc. ($263) - a household's bill is price multiplied by consumption, so the two rankings are different lists. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 39 entities by Price rank percentile (100 = most expensive in state) (X) and Consumption rank percentile (100 = heaviest use) (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Costly rate, heavy useCheaper rate, heavy useCostly rate, light useCheaper rate, light use -50050100150 -50050100150 Price rank percentile (100 = most expensive in state) Consumption rank percentile (100 = heaviest use)
Each dot is one of the 39 Washington utilities reporting both a residential price and residential sales in 2024, placed by its rank percentile within that group rather than its raw value, so one very large utility cannot flatten the rest. Bubble size follows customers served, rank-scaled so a utility with millions of customers cannot swamp the rest. PUD No 1 of Snohomish County is highlighted. In Washington the cheapest rate belongs to PUD No 1 of Douglas County (3.15¢) while the smallest implied annual bill belongs to Tesla Inc. ($263) - a household's bill is price multiplied by consumption, so the two rankings are different lists.

Scale and consumption

PUD No 1 of Snohomish County reported 346.5K residential customers, ranking 3rd of 39 utilities in Washington by customers served and covering 10.5% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 11,350 kWh per customer per year - near the national residential norm, implying a typical annual bill near $1,307.

Within Washington the median reporting utility sells about 13,823 kWh per customer, so PUD No 1 of Snohomish County customers use -17.9% 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 PUD No 1 of Snohomish County marked. The named companies either side of it are the ones a household in this state might otherwise be served by.

Residential utilities in Washington, 2024, ranked by customers served
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 (this page) Political Subdivision 346.5K 11.51¢
Avista Corp Investor Owned 246.1K 11.87¢
PUD No 1 of Clark County - (WA) 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.

Common questions about PUD No 1 of Snohomish County rates

How much does PUD No 1 of Snohomish County charge per kWh?
PUD No 1 of Snohomish County reported an average residential price of 11.51¢ 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 Snohomish County expensive compared with the rest of Washington?
Its average residential price is close to the Washington customer-weighted average of 12.41¢ per kWh, a difference of -7.2%. 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 Snohomish County customers?
Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 11,350 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,307 a year, or about $109 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.
Who owns PUD No 1 of Snohomish County?
EIA classifies PUD No 1 of Snohomish County as Political Subdivision, a public utility district or authority created under state law rather than a city government. Nationally, Political Subdivision utilities averaged 11.82¢ 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.

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Every figure on RateWatt is rendered directly from official U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) data, no number is typed in by an editor. Average price, customers and sales are reported by EIA Form 861 (2024). Per-customer annual usage, the implied annual bill, the customer-weighted state average and every percentage difference are RateWatt's arithmetic on those reported columns. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2025.