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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.
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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.
In 2020, Washington had a total summer capacity of 30,669 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 116,114 GWh. [2] The electrical energy generation mix in 2022 was 67.6% hydroelectric, 12.5% natural gas, 8.4% nuclear, 6.9% wind, 3.1% coal, and 1.1% biomass which includes most refuse-derived fuel .
The Snohomish County Public Utility District is a public utility agency providing power to over 367,000 customers in Snohomish County and on Camano Island, Washington. It provides water service to about 23,000 customers in the northeast section of the Snohomish County.
In Canada, a public utilities commission (PUC) is a public utility regulator, typically a semi-independent quasi-judicial tribunal, owned and operated within a municipal or local government system under the oversight of one or more elected commissioners. [1] Its role is analogous to a municipal utility district or public utility district in the US.