Kilowatt Atlas

Public power district

PUD No. 3 of Mason County Rates, Bills and Service Area

Average rate and bill, service area, reliability and rate options for this utility, taken from its 2025 filing with the EIA.

Reviewed Data: EIA Form EIA-861, released October 7, 2026

Independent profile. Kilowatt Atlas is not affiliated with PUD No. 3 of Mason County, does not use its logo or branding and cannot take payments, start service or look up accounts. Figures come from public federal data for 2025.

Residential customers

34 thousand

34,378 homes

Average price

14.45 cents

Washington average 13.17

Average bill

$162.50

Per month at 1,125 kWh

Price rank

27 of 30

Lowest to highest in Washington

PUD No. 3 of Mason County rates and average bill

PUD No. 3 of Mason County reported 34,378 residential customers on bundled service in 2025, using 1,125 kWh a month on average at 14.45 cents per kWh. Bundled means the utility supplies the energy and delivers it, so the price covers both. Among the 30 Washington utilities with at least 10,000 bundled residential customers, PUD No. 3 of Mason County ranks 27 from the lowest price.

PUD No. 3 of Mason County compared with Washington and the United States
AverageCents per kWhkWh per monthMonthly bill
PUD No. 3 of Mason County14.451,125$162.50
Washington (all utilities)13.17945$124.41
United States17.23874$150.68

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data), sales to ultimate customers. Price is revenue divided by sales and includes fixed charges.

Service area

EIA lists the counties where PUD No. 3 of Mason County has distribution equipment. That covers 4 counties in Washington. A county can be served by more than one utility, so confirm your address with the utility or your bill.

Washington (4 counties)

Grays Harbor, Kitsap, Mason, Pierce

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Reliability

For 2025, PUD No. 3 of Mason County reported an average of 223 minutes without power per customer and 1.30 interruptions per customer, with major event days left out. The typical interruption lasted about 172 minutes. For comparison, the median state averaged 127 minutes of outage per customer.

PUD No. 3 of Mason County had about 96 more minutes of outage per customer than the median state. The Washington figure across its utilities was 147 minutes. One interruption lasting 172 minutes and 1.30 interruptions a year per customer add up to the 223 minute total.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data), reliability schedule, measured under other standard. Utilities define events slightly differently, so compare with care.

Rate options and rooftop solar

  • Time-of-use pricing. PUD No. 3 of Mason County does not report a residential time-of-use program in its 2025 EIA filing. Ask the utility, because programs change. How time-of-use rates work.
  • Rooftop solar and net metering. EIA shows 282 residential net-metered systems on the PUD No. 3 of Mason County grid in 2025, with 2.6 megawatts of capacity. How net metering works.

Who owns and regulates it

A public utility that is its own unit of government, such as a public utility district. An elected or appointed board sets the rates.

For questions about state consumer protections, see the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission.

PUD No. 3 of Mason County is a public power district based in Washington.

PUD No. 3 of Mason County compared with Washington

By residential customers, PUD No. 3 of Mason County ranks 14th of the 35 utilities that report homes in Washington, with about 1.0% of the state's homes. At $162.50 a month, an average PUD No. 3 of Mason County home pays about $457 a year more than the Washington average of $124.41, and uses 180 kWh a month more. PUD No. 3 of Mason County lists distribution equipment in 4 counties, so check your county and your bill before you assume it serves you. 282 of its residential customers use net metering, or 8.2 per 1,000 homes, against 20.4 for Washington as a whole.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data). Peers are other utilities of the same type in Washington with at least 1,000 residential customers and a reported price.

Other Washington utilities

Utilities in Washington close in size to PUD No. 3 of Mason County
UtilityTypeHomesCents per kWh
PUD No. 3 of Mason CountyPublic power district34,37814.45
PUD No. 1 of Grays Harbor CountyPublic power district40,11612.69
Peninsula LightCooperative35,59511.30
Kootenai Electric CooperativeCooperative31,09713.43
PUD No. 1 of Clallam CountyPublic power district30,93412.14
PUD No. 1 of Lewis CountyPublic power district29,77910.08

See every one on the electric companies in Washington page.

Official site and where to get help

Kilowatt Atlas is not PUD No. 3 of Mason County and does not take payments, start service or manage accounts. To pay a bill, report an outage or start service, use the website, app or phone number printed on your bill. Be careful with search ads and lookalike sites that offer to pay your bill for a fee.

PUD No. 3 of Mason County questions

What is the average residential electric rate for PUD No. 3 of Mason County?

PUD No. 3 of Mason County residential customers on bundled service paid an average of 14.45 cents per kWh in 2025, with average use of 1,125 kWh a month and an average bill of $162.50 (EIA Form EIA-861). The Washington average was 13.17 cents.

How many customers does PUD No. 3 of Mason County have?

EIA reports about 34,378 residential customers for PUD No. 3 of Mason County in 2025.

Who regulates PUD No. 3 of Mason County?

A public utility that is its own unit of government, such as a public utility district. An elected or appointed board sets the rates. See the regulator for Washington on the Washington state page.

How reliable is PUD No. 3 of Mason County?

For 2025, PUD No. 3 of Mason County reported an average of 223 minutes of outage per customer and 1.30 interruptions per customer, excluding major event days (other standard). Utilities measure outages in slightly different ways, so compare with care.

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