Kilowatt Atlas

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Snohomish County PUD Electric Rates and Average Monthly Bill

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 Snohomish County PUD, 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

350 thousand

349,905 homes

Average price

12.08 cents

Washington average 13.17

Average bill

$113.29

Per month at 938 kWh

Price rank

18 of 30

Lowest to highest in Washington

Snohomish County PUD rates and average bill

Snohomish County PUD reported 349,905 residential customers on bundled service in 2025, using 938 kWh a month on average at 12.08 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, Snohomish County PUD ranks 18 from the lowest price.

Snohomish County PUD compared with Washington and the United States
AverageCents per kWhkWh per monthMonthly bill
Snohomish County PUD12.08938$113.29
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 Snohomish County PUD has distribution equipment. That covers 2 counties in Washington. A county can be served by more than one utility, so confirm your address with the utility or your bill.

Washington (2 counties)

Island, Snohomish

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Reliability

For 2025, Snohomish County PUD reported an average of 149 minutes without power per customer and 1.28 interruptions per customer, with major event days left out. The typical interruption lasted about 116 minutes. For comparison, the median state averaged 127 minutes of outage per customer.

Snohomish County PUD had about 21 more minutes of outage per customer than the median state. The Washington figure across its utilities was 147 minutes. One interruption lasting 116 minutes and 1.28 interruptions a year per customer add up to the 149 minute total.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data), reliability schedule, measured under IEEE 1366. Utilities define events slightly differently, so compare with care.

Rate options and rooftop solar

  • Time-of-use pricing. Snohomish County PUD 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 5,189 residential net-metered systems on the Snohomish County PUD grid in 2025, with 45.0 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.

Snohomish County PUD is a public power district based in Washington.

Snohomish County PUD compared with Washington

Washington has 35 utilities with residential customers in the 2025 EIA data. Snohomish County PUD is 4th by size and serves about 10.3% of the state's homes. Its price of 12.08 cents per kWh is 2.09 cents above the median of 17 other public power districts in Washington (9.99 cents). At $113.29 a month, an average Snohomish County PUD home pays about $133 a year less than the Washington average of $124.41, and uses 7 kWh a month less. Snohomish County PUD lists distribution equipment in 2 counties, so check your county and your bill before you assume it serves you. 5,189 of its residential customers use net metering, or 14.8 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 Snohomish County PUD
UtilityTypeHomesCents per kWh
Snohomish County PUDPublic power district349,90512.08
Seattle City LightMunicipal472,30914.74
AvistaInvestor-owned376,35013.37
PUD No. 1 of Clark CountyPublic power district223,11910.63
City of TacomaMunicipal177,55411.45
PUD No. 1 of Benton CountyPublic power district50,8359.13

See every one on the electric companies in Washington page.

Official site and where to get help

Kilowatt Atlas is not Snohomish County PUD 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.

Snohomish County PUD questions

What is the average residential electric rate for Snohomish County PUD?

Snohomish County PUD residential customers on bundled service paid an average of 12.08 cents per kWh in 2025, with average use of 938 kWh a month and an average bill of $113.29 (EIA Form EIA-861). The Washington average was 13.17 cents.

How many customers does Snohomish County PUD have?

EIA reports about 349,905 residential customers for Snohomish County PUD in 2025.

Who regulates Snohomish County PUD?

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 Snohomish County PUD?

For 2025, Snohomish County PUD reported an average of 149 minutes of outage per customer and 1.28 interruptions per customer, excluding major event days (IEEE 1366). Utilities measure outages in slightly different ways, so compare with care.

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