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Today, Wells Dam generates most of the power used by Douglas County residents. The dam produces much more electricity than is used by consumers in Douglas County, which allows the PUD to sell excess power to other utility districts. As a result, Douglas County has some of the cheapest electricity rates in the country. [1]
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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Kent is a city in King County, Washington, United States.It is part of the Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue metropolitan area and had a population of 136,588 as of the 2020 census, [5] making it the 4th most populous municipality in greater Seattle and the 6th most populous in Washington state.
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The purpose of the UTC is to regulate the rates, services, and practices of privately owned utilities and transportation companies, including electric, telecommunications, natural gas, water, and solid waste collection companies, pipelines, commercial ferries, buses, and motor carriers.
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The first water system in Seattle is credited to one of the city's founding pioneers, Henry Yesler.He stored water from springs in a tank located on what is now Yesler Way between Fourth and Fifth Avenues, roughly the location of the Old Public Safety Building on the uphill east edge of the Pioneer Square neighborhood, site of the settlement that became the city.