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Electric utilities serving Jefferson County, Washington

Utilities that list the county in their Form EIA-861 service territory for 2024, with each one's average price, bill and outage minutes.

5 utilities list Jefferson County, Washington, in the service territory they reported to EIA for 2024, the largest by residential customers statewide being PUD No 1 of Grays Harbor County, PUD No 1 of Clallam County and PUD No 1 of Jefferson County.

Their average residential prices ran from 11.85¢ to 13.01¢ per kilowatthour, with a median of 12.52¢, against a Washington average of 11.90¢ and a US average of 16.48¢. Each price is the utility's figure for all of its Washington customers, not for this county alone.

Bonneville Power Administration lists the county too but reported no residential sales in Washington under its own name.

The median SAIDI they reported was 483.9 minutes per customer including major event days; the median among all Washington utilities reporting was 255.4.

The Census Bureau estimates the county's population at 33,970. EIA does not publish customers by county, so which utility serves a given address has to be confirmed with the utility or the state utility commission.

5utilities list the county1 on EIA's short form
12.52¢median of their residential pricesWashington 11.90¢ · US 16.48¢
$132.03median of their monthly billsWashington $113.68
483.9median SAIDI minutes, all eventsWashington median 255.4

Average price is revenue divided by sales for the sector and year; it is not a tariff rate. Reliability figures are as reported by utilities to EIA on Form 861 and may use different calculation methods. Figures are for each utility's whole Washington operation; EIA publishes nothing at county level.

Utilities and their 2024 figures

UtilityOwnershipResidential customers¢ per kWhMonthly billSAIDI, all eventsSAIDI, no major events
PUD No 1 of Grays Harbor CountyPublic power district39,88112.52¢$132.03471.0202.0
PUD No 1 of Clallam CountyPublic power district30,58511.85¢$148.42483.9213.1
PUD No 1 of Jefferson CountyPublic power district18,66113.01¢$129.58522.3424.0
PUD No 1 of Mason County short formPublic power district5,667————
Bonneville Power AdministrationFederal—————

Ordered by residential customers in Washington. Short-form filers are small utilities that report only totals to EIA, so no residential price is available; their all-sector revenue per kWh was PUD No 1 of Mason County 13.65¢. A utility with no customers shown reported its retail sales elsewhere or delivers power that other companies bill for.

Against the state and the country

Measure, 2024Utilities listing Jefferson CountyWashingtonUnited States
Average residential price per kWh12.52¢ median11.90¢16.48¢
Average monthly residential bill$132.03 median$113.68$142.26
SAIDI, all events (minutes)483.9 median255.4 median184.5 median
SAIDI, without major event days213.1 median136.1 median99.8 median
Utilities counted5381,413

Outage minutes reported

PUD No 1 of Grays Harbor County471 min
PUD No 1 of Clallam County483.9 min
PUD No 1 of Jefferson County522.3 min

SAIDI for 2024 across each utility's whole system, including major event days (paler bars: only the figure without major event days was reported). Not a measure of outages in Jefferson County itself.

Population: 33,970 (U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimate). Statewide, residential sales came to 4,828 kWh per resident in 2024.

Other Washington counties

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Questions and answers

Who provides electricity in Jefferson County?

PUD No 1 of Grays Harbor County, PUD No 1 of Clallam County, PUD No 1 of Jefferson County, PUD No 1 of Mason County and Bonneville Power Administration list the county in their Form EIA-861 service territory for 2024. Territories overlap, and a utility may cover only a corner of the county.

What is the electricity price in Jefferson County?

EIA has no county-level prices. The utilities serving the county reported average residential prices of 11.85¢ to 13.01¢ per kilowatthour across their Washington customers in 2024; the state average was 11.90¢.

How reliable is power in Jefferson County?

Reliability is reported per utility, not per county. The utilities listed reported a median of 483.9 minutes of interruption per customer in 2024 including major event days and 213.1 minutes excluding them.

Provenance

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 for 2024, final release: service territory file (counties by utility), sales to ultimate customers, reliability and short form files. State and US averages: Form EIA-861M workbook. Population: U.S. Census Bureau. Public domain. To confirm the utility at an address, ask the utility or the state utility commission.