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Public utility districts are regulated by Title 54 of the Revised Code of Washington. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 1 ] Most PUDs provide electricity; some provide other services in addition. The first PUD was Mason No. 1, created by voters on November 6, 1934, serving as of 2017 [update] fewer than 5,000 customers.
Pages in category "Public Utility Districts of Washington (state)" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Groups in three northwestern counties—Island, Jefferson, and Skagit—filed ballot measures for the November 2008 election to establish public utility districts in response to the planned buyout. [25] The measure was approved in Jefferson County, which formed a public utility district in 2013 and paid PSE $103 million for its assets in the ...
Public utility districts were created to provide reliable, low-cost power for the growing state. On January 31, 1957, the state legislature created the Washington Public Power Supply System, now known as Energy Northwest, as a joint operating agency to share the risks and rewards of building and operating electrical generating facilities.
The headquarters of a Washington PUD. Public utility districts are independent taxation and regulation authorities and are not regulated by WUTC. [12] All Puget Sound counties except Pierce and King have their own Public Utility District. [14] The PUDs serve about one million customers across the entire state. [15]
The Douglas County Public Utility District, or Douglas County PUD, is a public co-operative energy district providing service to Douglas County, Washington. It is owned by its customers and governed by a Board of Commissioners elected by the customer-owners.
The utility is the second largest publicly owned utility in the Pacific Northwest and the 12th largest in the United States. It is the largest of 28 PUDs in the state of Washington. The PUD is the largest utility customer of the Bonneville Power Administration, a major wholesale marketer of energy in the Western United States.
Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant County, or Grant County PUD, is a public utility district in north central Washington state. It is owned by its customers and governed by a Board of Commissioners elected by the customer-owners. Though it is not regulated by another governmental unit, a PUD is, by state statute, a nonprofit corporation ...