Cowlitz PUD serves electricity
to 47,900 residential, commercial, industrial and street lighting
customers. We also provide water service to about 3,800 Longview-Kelso
area customers. That system is operated and maintained by Beacon
Hill Sewer District.
Financial Statements - 2005
Audited
Financial Statements
- 2006 Un-audited
The table below offers a breakdown of each PUD customer group,
and compares the amount of electricity used by each type
and the average cost each pays for electricity (for 2007).
Residential |
42,526 |
15.8% |
5.29¢ per
kilowatt-hour |
Commercial |
5,240 |
8.5% |
6.25¢ per
kilowatt-hour |
Large Industrial |
27 |
75.5% |
3.44¢ per
kilowatt-hour** |
Street Lighting |
12 |
0.1% |
6.16¢ per
kilowatt-hour |
Other |
39 |
0.1% |
6.41¢ per
kilowatt-hour |
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** Does not include monthly charges
for special facilities
Cowlitz PUD invested $1.9 million in a variety of residential,
commercial and industrial energy conservation programs in 2007.
The PUD utilized Bonneville Power Administration (BPA)
conservation program funding.
During 2007, 600 PUD residential customers received a
Senior or Disabled Discount Rate for
qualified, low-income customers age 65 and over. We also joined
with the Lower Columbia Community Action Council(CAP) again to offer
the Warm Neighbor program,
which is funded by the voluntary donations of PUD customers. About $30,000 was
raised, which CAP distributed to qualified, low-income residential
electric users in the county.
Cowlitz PUD has joined with three other consumer-owned
utilities - Klickitat PUD, Lakeview Power & Light (Lakewood, WA)
and Tanner Electric (North Bend, WA) to initiate financing and
construction of the 205 MW
White Creek Wind
Project in Klickitat County, WA. It began operating in November 2007.
Cowlitz PUD purchases 46% of the project output.
About 95 customers participated in the PUD's
Renewable Resource Energy
program, which offers an opportunity to support the
development of green power in the region by voluntarily purchasing
“green tags” at a monthly cost of $2.00 per 100 kWh.
The District’s total tax bill for 2006 was just over $10.7
million, which was collected from customers via utility bills and
paid to the appropriate state or local government. This represents
about 6.1% of Cowlitz PUD’s total 2006 expenditures and
includes:
| Utility/B&O tax |
$5,407,153 |
Privilege Tax |
$2,921,078 |
| Combined city taxes |
$2,450,587 |
Other taxes |
$6,929 |
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Cowlitz PUD buys over 90 percent of its wholesale power from
Bonneville Power Administration. The majority of the BPA power
comes from the Columbia River system hydroelectric projects.
BPA also sells the output of the Columbia Generating System
(nuclear plant) near Richland, WA, and makes miscellaneous energy purchases
on the open market, which may include resources other than
hydro.
The rest of the PUD’s power comes from its own Swift No. 2
Hydroelectric Project on the Lewis River (near Cougar, WA), and
from the mid-Columbia River hydro projects owned by Grant PUD.
According to data provided by the Washington State Department
of Community, Trade and Economic Development, here’s the
most recent breakdown of Cowlitz PUD’s fuel sources:
| Coal |
2.2% |
| Hydroelectric (Water) |
86.8% |
| Nuclear |
10.0% |
| Other* |
1.0% |
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*Includes the following fuel types - biomass, natural
gas, petroleum, waste incineration and wind.
If you have any questions about Cowlitz PUD, please feel free
to email us at: customercomments@cowlitzpud.org
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