UTILITY BENCHMARKS
AVERAGE RATE SUMMARY
HIGHEST AND LOWEST BY CUSTOMER CLASS
REGION - NORTHWEST
Annual Data Ending October 1998
Utility Average Rate Mwh Revenues
Commercial      
Lowest      
PUD NO 1 OF CLARK COUNTY (WA) 3.58 1,142,694 40,959
IDAHO POWER (ID) 3.87 4,255,379 164,735
PUD NO 1 OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY (WA) 4.32 1,949,810 84,192
TACOMA CITY OF (WA) 4.57 309,549 14,147
PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC CO (OR) 5.01 6,757,522 338,283
Highest      
PACIFIC POWER & LIGHT CO (OR) 5.32 4,152,311 220,954
WASHINGTON WATER POWER CO (WA) 5.36 1,914,754 102,573
MONTANA POWER CO (MT) 5.97 2,342,670 139,763
PUGET SOUND POWER & LIGHT CO (WA) 6.2 7,161,814 444,325
PACIFIC POWER & LIGHT CO (ID) 6.67 266,785 17,783
Industrial      
Lowest      
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION (WA) 1.89 12,743,884 240,265
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION - OR (OR) 2.04 2,480,845 50,604
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION (MT) 2.37 456,184 10,810
PUD NO 1 OF CLARK COUNTY (WA) 2.39 566,719 13,546
IDAHO POWER (ID) 2.41 4,653,129 112,100
Highest      
WASHINGTON WATER POWER CO (ID) 3.35 1,165,002 39,034
WASHINGTON WATER POWER CO (WA) 3.55 648,999 23,051
PACIFIC POWER & LIGHT CO (OR) 3.76 4,743,388 178,421
MONTANA POWER CO (MT) 4.1 2,783,936 114,219
PUGET SOUND POWER & LIGHT CO (WA) 4.57 4,086,239 186,703
Residential      
Lowest      
TACOMA CITY OF (WA) 4.46 1,767,839 78,810
PUD NO 1 OF CLARK COUNTY (WA) 4.64 2,125,449 98,581
WASHINGTON WATER POWER CO (ID) 4.79 998,503 47,843
WASHINGTON WATER POWER CO (WA) 4.96 2,180,299 108,055
PUD NO 1 OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY (WA) 5.05 3,179,279 160,610
Highest      
PUGET SOUND POWER & LIGHT CO (WA) 6.03 9,234,905 557,204
PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC CO (OR) 6.04 7,030,787 424,458
PACIFIC POWER & LIGHT CO (OR) 6.13 5,045,650 309,086
MONTANA POWER CO (MT) 6.55 1,924,156 126,079
PACIFIC POWER & LIGHT CO (ID) 6.56 557,279 36,584
Rankings derived from 150 largest utilities by MWH sales in EIA 826.
Source: Utility Query, Analysis & Reporting System, Economic Sciences Corp.
 

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