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Electric utilities serving Spokane 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.

Spokane County, Washington, appears in the Form EIA-861 service territory of 7 utilities for 2024; Avista Corp, Inland Power & Light Company and Vera Irrigation District #15 are the largest by residential customers statewide.

Their average residential prices ran from 7.43¢ to 11.87¢ per kilowatthour, with a median of 9.08¢, 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 269.0 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 558,344. 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.

7utilities list the county1 on EIA's short form
9.08¢median of their residential pricesWashington 11.90¢ · US 16.48¢
$103.73median of their monthly billsWashington $113.68
269.0median 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
Avista CorpInvestor-owned246,05511.87¢$106.95152.0112.0
Inland Power & Light CompanyCooperative41,6848.98¢$128.35386.0278.0
Vera Irrigation District #15Public power district12,1719.18¢$100.50——
Modern Electric Water CompanyCooperative9,1817.43¢$68.88——
City of Cheney short formMunicipal6,216————
Kootenai Electric CooperativeCooperative92————
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 City of Cheney 7.45¢. 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 Spokane CountyWashingtonUnited States
Average residential price per kWh9.08¢ median11.90¢16.48¢
Average monthly residential bill$103.73 median$113.68$142.26
SAIDI, all events (minutes)269.0 median255.4 median184.5 median
SAIDI, without major event days195.0 median136.1 median99.8 median
Utilities counted7381,413

Outage minutes reported

Avista Corp152 min
Inland Power & Light Company386 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 Spokane County itself.

Population: 558,344 (U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimate). Statewide, residential sales came to 4,828 kWh per resident in 2024.

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Questions and answers

Who provides electricity in Spokane County?

Avista Corp, Inland Power & Light Company, Vera Irrigation District #15, Modern Electric Water Company, City of Cheney and Kootenai Electric Cooperative and 1 more 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 Spokane County?

EIA has no county-level prices. The utilities serving the county reported average residential prices of 7.43¢ to 11.87¢ per kilowatthour across their Washington customers in 2024; the state average was 11.90¢.

How reliable is power in Spokane County?

Reliability is reported per utility, not per county. The utilities listed reported a median of 269.0 minutes of interruption per customer in 2024 including major event days and 195.0 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.