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The average electric bill in Washington

Washington households paid $124.41 a month for electricity in 2025, at 13.17¢ per kilowatt-hour for 945 kWh a month. That is 15% below the national median, and ranks #40 of 51 states, most expensive first.

Monthly bill
$124.41
US median $147.18
Price
13.17¢
per kWh · US 15.39¢
Usage
945
kWh per month
Households
3,407,725
residential accounts

What each Washington utility charges, most expensive first

Orcas Power & Light Coop charges 19.01¢ per kWh and PUD No 1 of Douglas County - (WA) charges 3.17¢ — 6.0× apart inside one state. You do not usually get to choose between them; your address does.

#UtilityPriceTypical billvs US median
1Orcas Power & Light CoopCooperative · 14,034 homes19.01¢per kWh$179.09942 kWh/mo1.37× dearer
2Puget Sound Energy IncInvestor Owned · 1,104,338 homes17.01¢per kWh$146.74863 kWh/mo1.23× dearer
3Columbia Rural Elec Assn, IncCooperative · 4,466 homes15.59¢per kWh$175.081,123 kWh/mo1.13× dearer
4City of Seattle - (WA)Municipal · 472,309 homes14.74¢per kWh$87.48594 kWh/mo1.07× dearer
5PUD No 3 of Mason CountyPolitical Subdivision · 34,378 homes14.45¢per kWh$162.501,125 kWh/mo1.04× dearer
6PacifiCorpInvestor Owned · 114,998 homes14.33¢per kWh$166.841,164 kWh/mo1.04× dearer
7Avista CorpInvestor Owned · 247,159 homes14.16¢per kWh$129.76916 kWh/mo1.02× dearer
8PUD No 1 of Jefferson CountyPolitical Subdivision · 18,750 homes13.86¢per kWh$136.93988 kWh/mo1.00× dearer
9PUD No 1 of Grays Harbor CountyPolitical Subdivision · 40,116 homes12.69¢per kWh$132.641,045 kWh/mo1.09× cheaper
10PUD No 1 of Klickitat CountyPolitical Subdivision · 11,977 homes12.55¢per kWh$139.961,115 kWh/mo1.10× cheaper
11PUD No 1 of Clallam CountyPolitical Subdivision · 30,934 homes12.14¢per kWh$150.681,242 kWh/mo1.14× cheaper
12PUD No 1 of Snohomish County - (WA)Political Subdivision · 349,905 homes12.08¢per kWh$113.29937 kWh/mo1.15× cheaper
13City of Tacoma - (WA)Municipal · 177,554 homes11.45¢per kWh$105.14919 kWh/mo1.21× cheaper
14Peninsula Light CompanyCooperative · 35,595 homes11.30¢per kWh$138.351,224 kWh/mo1.22× cheaper
15City of Ellensburg - (WA)Municipal · 8,846 homes11.07¢per kWh$96.96876 kWh/mo1.25× cheaper
16Lakeview Light & PowerCooperative · 8,341 homes10.87¢per kWh$115.901,066 kWh/mo1.27× cheaper
17PUD No 1 of Clark County - (WA)Political Subdivision · 223,119 homes10.63¢per kWh$104.50983 kWh/mo1.30× cheaper
18PUD No 1 of Okanogan CountyPolitical Subdivision · 18,230 homes10.42¢per kWh$144.311,385 kWh/mo1.33× cheaper
19City of Port Angeles - (WA)Municipal · 9,394 homes10.21¢per kWh$95.42934 kWh/mo1.36× cheaper
20PUD No 1 of Lewis County - (WA)Political Subdivision · 29,779 homes10.08¢per kWh$140.711,395 kWh/mo1.37× cheaper
21City of Richland - (WA)Municipal · 26,340 homes10.00¢per kWh$119.901,200 kWh/mo1.38× cheaper
22PUD No 1 of Franklin CountyPolitical Subdivision · 27,692 homes9.99¢per kWh$121.351,214 kWh/mo1.39× cheaper
23City of Centralia - (WA)Municipal · 9,118 homes9.91¢per kWh$110.851,118 kWh/mo1.40× cheaper
24Benton Rural Electric AssnCooperative · 13,864 homes9.67¢per kWh$133.661,383 kWh/mo1.43× cheaper
25Big Bend Electric Coop, IncCooperative · 6,365 homes9.61¢per kWh$154.041,602 kWh/mo1.44× cheaper
26Vera Irrigation District #15Political Subdivision · 12,299 homes9.59¢per kWh$104.881,093 kWh/mo1.44× cheaper
27Inland Power & Light CompanyCooperative · 42,351 homes9.56¢per kWh$137.281,435 kWh/mo1.45× cheaper
28PUD No 2 of Pacific CountyPolitical Subdivision · 16,586 homes9.36¢per kWh$91.07973 kWh/mo1.48× cheaper
29PUD No 1 of Cowlitz CountyPolitical Subdivision · 48,849 homes9.23¢per kWh$119.621,296 kWh/mo1.50× cheaper
30PUD No 1 of Benton CountyPolitical Subdivision · 50,835 homes9.13¢per kWh$109.111,195 kWh/mo1.52× cheaper
31PUD No 1 of Pend Oreille County - (WA)Political Subdivision · 9,209 homes8.96¢per kWh$125.511,401 kWh/mo1.54× cheaper
32Elmhurst Mutual Power & Light CoCooperative · 15,538 homes8.68¢per kWh$109.031,256 kWh/mo1.59× cheaper
33Modern Electric Water CompanyCooperative · 9,504 homes7.67¢per kWh$69.72910 kWh/mo1.80× cheaper
34PUD No 2 of Grant County - (WA)Political Subdivision · 43,160 homes6.17¢per kWh$101.341,644 kWh/mo2.24× cheaper
35PUD No 1 of Chelan County - (WA)Political Subdivision · 42,571 homes3.78¢per kWh$66.331,754 kWh/mo3.66× cheaper
36PUD No 1 of Douglas County - (WA)Political Subdivision · 16,909 homes3.17¢per kWh$72.982,300 kWh/mo4.37× cheaper

Price is residential revenue divided by residential kilowatt-hours sold, for bundled service only. Typical bill is that utility’s residential revenue spread over its residential accounts and twelve months, not a quoted tariff. The median priced utility charges 13.84¢ per kWh.

Price is only half of it

The median Washington utility also leaves customers without power for 5.2 hours a year. A cheap utility that is out for two days a year is not obviously a bargain. See Washington utilities ranked by outage time, or the utilities that charge the most and deliver the least.

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