3.78¢
per kWh, 2025
[ PUD No 1 of Chelan County / WA ]
PUD No 1 of Chelan County electricity rates in Washington
PUBLIC BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+3.0%
vs 2024
42,571
residential customers
+17.8%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at PUD No 1 of Chelan County's average effective residential rate (3.78¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3.24¢ | — | 37,123 |
| 2016 | 3.23¢ | −0.3% | 37,475 |
| 2017 | 3.17¢ | −1.9% | 37,968 |
| 2018 | 3.21¢ | +1.3% | 38,447 |
| 2019 | 3.19¢ | −0.6% | 39,434 |
| 2020 | 3.21¢ | +0.6% | 39,781 |
| 2021 | 3.37¢ | +5.0% | 40,597 |
| 2022 | 3.40¢ | +0.9% | 40,899 |
| 2023 | 3.53¢ | +3.8% | 41,572 |
| 2024 | 3.67¢ | +4.0% | 42,120 |
| 2025 | 3.78¢ | +3.0% | 42,571 |
How this compares
13.17¢
Washington average, 2025
−71.3%
PUD No 1 of Chelan County vs WA 2025 average
−78.1%
vs US 2025 average
#37
priciest in WA
Serves 4 counties in Washington: Chelan, King, Kittitas, Okanogan. 28 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, PUD No 1 of Chelan County's average residential rate has gone from 3.24¢ to 3.78¢ per kWh: +16.7% over 10 years, or about +1.6% a year. It rose in 7 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +5.0% in 2021. The largest drop was −1.9% in 2017.
For a home using 945 kWh a month, the Washington average, PUD No 1 of Chelan County's 2025 rate works out to about $429 a year, $1,065 less than at Washington's average rate of 13.17¢. Of the 38 Washington utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 37th most expensive.
PUD No 1 of Chelan County served 37,123 homes in 2015 and 42,571 in 2025 (+14.7%), about 1% of Washington's residential electricity customers.
Who sets PUD No 1 of Chelan County's rates
PUD No 1 of Chelan County is a public power utility run by its own governing board, which sets its rates. How much the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission oversees those rates depends on Washington law.
Commission contact: Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is PUD No 1 of Chelan County raising rates in 2026?
PUD No 1 of Chelan County's rates are set by its governing board, not through a rate case at the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission, so check its own notices for a change this year. Its average residential rate moved +3.0% from 2024 to 2025.
What does PUD No 1 of Chelan County charge per kWh?
PUD No 1 of Chelan County's average effective residential rate was 3.78¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Washington's 2025 average was 13.17¢.
How much have PUD No 1 of Chelan County rates gone up in five years?
+17.8% between 2020 and 2025, against +43.4% for Washington as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does PUD No 1 of Chelan County have in Washington?
42,571 residential customers in 2025, across 4 counties including Chelan, King, Kittitas, according to the EIA-861 survey.
Where do these numbers come from?
Rates and customer counts are from the US Energy Information Administration's annual EIA-861 survey, which every US utility files. Nothing here is a utility bill; use it to understand the direction and size of changes.
Sources
- EIA-861 Sales to Ultimate Customers, 2015–2025 (released 2026-10-07)
- EIA-861M monthly state averages through Jul 2026
- NREL utility-by-ZIP lookup (2024)