Snohomish County PUD (SnoPUD) commercial electricity rates in Washington

• Average commercial price, 20259.90¢per kWh, all commercial customers
• vs Washington average−9.8%state commercial average 10.97¢
• Commercial customers35,1813rd largest of 34 in Washington
• Average use5,840 kWha month per commercial customer
• Average bill$578a month per commercial customer
• Since 2015+19%from 8.32¢ per kWh
• Outages149 mina year per customer · US average 124

Snohomish County PUD (SnoPUD) is a public power utility (a political subdivision of the state, in EIA’s terms) serving 2 counties in Washington. Among the 34 Washington utilities in EIA’s 2025 sales data with 500 or more commercial customers, it is the 3rd largest, with about 8.7% of the state’s commercial customers. EIA lists it as PUD No 1 of Snohomish County.

Snohomish County PUD commercial electricity prices, 2015 to 2025

In 2015 Snohomish County PUD billed its commercial customers an average of 8.32¢ per kWh. In 2025 the figure was 9.90¢, so it rose 19% over 10 years. The average for all commercial customers in Washington rose 33% over the same period. The latest year, 2025, is the highest of the 11 on record here. Between 2024 and 2025 it rose 4.8%.

Average use and average bill are the utility’s commercial sales and revenue divided by its commercial customers and by twelve. The bill is an all-in figure: energy, delivery, demand and fixed charges together. A few very large customers pull both averages up, so most businesses use and pay less than the average.

Residential, commercial and industrial prices at Snohomish County PUD

In 2025 the average commercial price at Snohomish County PUD was 18% below the residential figure and 23% above the industrial one. Larger customers take power at a higher voltage and use it more steadily, so at most utilities the average falls from residential to commercial to industrial. Which class an account falls in is the utility’s decision, and the line between commercial and industrial is drawn differently from one utility to the next.

How Snohomish County PUD’s commercial rates are set

Snohomish County PUD is a public body with its own board, and that board sets its rates. A commercial account is billed on a rate schedule, chosen by the size of the account and the voltage it takes power at, and a schedule usually combines a fixed monthly charge, a charge per kWh and, above a certain size, a demand charge on the highest rate of draw in the month. The schedule code is printed on the bill. There is no competitive supply market for ordinary commercial accounts in Washington, so the levers are the schedule, the peak and the amount used.

Meters, time-varying rates and net metering at Snohomish County PUD

EIA counts 35,181 commercial meters at Snohomish County PUD in 2025, and 21,808 of them (62%) are advanced meters (AMI), which record use at least hourly and report it to the utility at least daily. Of the rest, 182 are automated-reading (AMR) meters, which send a reading to the utility for billing only, and 13,191 are standard meters. An advanced meter is what makes interval data possible, and interval data is what shows when a building’s peak demand happens.

At Snohomish County PUD, 22 commercial customers were on a time-varying rate in 2025, about 0.1% of its commercial customers. A time-varying rate charges more in some hours than in others, so when a business uses power matters as well as how much. The kinds Snohomish County PUD reports offering commercial customers are time-of-use pricing.

EIA records 204 commercial net-metered generating systems at Snohomish County PUD in 2025, with 5.73 MW of capacity between them: about 5.8 for every 1,000 commercial customers. Net metering credits a customer for power its own system sends to the grid; the terms are in the utility’s tariff.

How reliable is Snohomish County PUD’s electric service?

Snohomish County PUD customers went without power for an average of 149 minutes in 2025, excluding major storms, with about 1.28 interruptions per customer. The average across U.S. utilities reporting the same way is 124 minutes. With major storms counted the figure was 343 minutes. These are averages over every customer of every class, so they describe the system and not any one street.

Where Snohomish County PUD serves

EIA records Snohomish County PUD serving customers in 2 Washington counties: Island, Snohomish. A county can be shared between utilities, so this does not tell you who serves a given address. The utility that serves an address is the one named on its bill.

EIA lists the Bonneville Power Administration as its balancing authority, the body that keeps supply and demand matched minute by minute across the area.

Other utilities in Washington

The average each billed its commercial customers in 2025. The Washington page has the state’s own figures and every utility with 500 or more commercial customers.

• Puget Sound Energy (15.66¢)
• Seattle City Light (12.48¢)
• Avista (14.30¢)
• Clark Public Utilities (8.76¢)
• Tacoma Power (10.65¢)
• Pacific Power (13.21¢)

What these figures can and cannot tell you

• They are averages over every commercial customer. A utility whose commercial customers are mostly large averages fewer cents per kWh than one serving mostly small shops, so a lower figure can mean larger customers and not a lower rate.
• They are not a rate schedule. None of these figures is a charge printed in Snohomish County PUD’s tariff, and nothing here works out a bill from one. The tariff index lists the utilities whose filed schedules are quoted on this site.
• They are annual and final. EIA publishes utility figures once a year. The Washington page carries the state’s trailing 12 months, which is more recent and still preliminary.

For one building, the cost estimator gives a range by building type, size and state, and price by utility sets every utility side by side. Commercial vs residential vs industrial compares the classes in every state.

Data: every year of these figures, for this utility and every other with a page, is in one CSV, free to use with credit to the U.S. Energy Information Administration and this site. To cite this page: Snohomish County PUD commercial electricity rates, CommercialElectricityRates.com, from EIA Form EIA-861 final 2025 data.

Common questions about Snohomish County PUD

What is the average commercial electricity rate at Snohomish County PUD?

Snohomish County PUD billed its commercial customers in Washington an average of 9.90¢ per kWh in 2025, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. That is 9.8% below the Washington commercial average of 10.97¢. It is the utility’s commercial revenue divided by its commercial sales, so it describes the whole class and is not the rate on any one schedule.

How much is the average commercial electric bill at Snohomish County PUD?

About $578 a month in 2025, on average use of about 5,840 kWh a month. That is Snohomish County PUD’s commercial revenue divided by its 35,181 commercial customers. A few very large accounts pull the average up, so most businesses pay less than this.

Have Snohomish County PUD’s commercial electricity rates gone up?

The average Snohomish County PUD billed commercial customers rose 19% between 2015 and 2025, from 8.32¢ to 9.90¢ per kWh. The Washington commercial average rose 33% over the same period.

How reliable is Snohomish County PUD’s electric service?

Snohomish County PUD customers averaged 149 minutes without power in 2025, excluding major storms, against a 124-minute average for U.S. utilities reporting the same way (EIA).

Does Snohomish County PUD use smart meters for businesses?

EIA counts 21,808 advanced (AMI) meters among Snohomish County PUD’s 35,181 commercial meters in 2025, which is 62%. An advanced meter records use at least hourly, which is what makes interval data and time-varying rates possible.

Is this the rate my business will pay Snohomish County PUD?

No. It is an average over every commercial customer, from a corner shop to a campus. What one business pays depends on its rate schedule, how much it uses and how hard it draws at its peak. The schedule code is printed on the bill, and the schedule itself is in Snohomish County PUD’s tariff.