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City of Tacoma (WA) Electricity Rate per kWh (2024 EIA Data)

Municipal|EIA utility 18429|Washington|Bundled

In 2024, City of Tacoma (WA)'s residential customers paid an average of 10.81 cents per kWh: $212 million of revenue over 1.96 million MWh of sales across 180,357 bundled residential customers, as reported to EIA on Form 861.

Residential 2024
10.81¢
per kWh, bundled
vs WA avg 2024
-9.2%
state 11.90c
Bundled res. customers
180,357
203,185 all sectors
Rank in WA by res. accounts
#6 of 40
5.1% of state residential MWh

How the 10.81c figure is calculated

10.81c/kWh = $212,226k revenue / 1,962,766 MWh x 100. This is EIA's average realised price for 2024: everything City of Tacoma (WA) billed its residential customers (energy, delivery, fuel and rider charges, fixed charges) divided by the kilowatt-hours it sold. It is not a tariff rate, and a 2024 annual average will differ from a current bill. For a 1,000 kWh month at this average, the energy cost works out to about $108 before taxes.

About City of Tacoma (WA)'s 2024 electricity prices

City of Tacoma (WA) is a municipally owned electric utility that reports to the U.S. Energy Information Administration under utility number 18429. In 2024 it served 180,357 bundled residential customers in Washington, and its average realised residential price was 10.81 cents per kWh: $212 million of residential revenue divided by 1.96 million MWh of residential sales.

Across the other sectors, City of Tacoma (WA)'s 2024 average prices were 10.30 cents for commercial customers (20,032 accounts), 7.69 cents for industrial customers (2,795 accounts), and 9.51 cents for transportation customers (1 accounts). Industrial customers paid 3.12 cents less per kWh than households, a 29% discount that is typical of high-volume, high-voltage service.

Within Washington, City of Tacoma (WA) ranked number 6 of 40 utilities with bundled or delivery service by residential accounts served (180,357) and accounted for 5.08% of the state's residential electricity sales in 2024, measured in MWh sold or delivered rather than in customers. The state-wide average realised residential price in 2024, computed from the same EIA file, was 11.90 cents per kWh, so City of Tacoma (WA)'s customers paid 1.09 cents below the Washington average (-9.2%). For context, EIA's latest monthly figure for Washington is 14.91 cents per kWh (June 2026, Electric Power Monthly); that is a different, more recent measure across all utilities and is not directly comparable with a 2024 annual average.

EIA's service-territory file places City of Tacoma (WA) in 4 Washington counties: King, Lewis, Mason, and Pierce. On the grid side it operates in the WECC NERC region, and reported generation, transmission, buying transmission, distribution, and wholesale marketing as its activities. Balancing authority code: TPWR.

EIA's preliminary 2025 early release (published 4 August 2026) shows a residential price of 11.45 cents per kWh for City of Tacoma (WA) in Washington across 177,554 residential customers, 0.64 cents higher than the 2024 final figure. Early-release data has not been validated by EIA and must not be aggregated; the 2024 final figures remain the reference on this page until the 2025 final file is published.

The nearest other utilities in Washington by service-territory centroid are Elmhurst Mutual Power & Light Co (11.8 miles away, 8.32 cents), Lakeview Light & Power (11.8 miles away, 9.91 cents), Peninsula Light Company (15.7 miles away, 10.50 cents), PUD No 3 of Mason County (29.1 miles away, 13.79 cents), and City of Seattle (WA) (36.4 miles away, 14.09 cents).

2024 sales by sector in Washington (bundled service)
SectorCustomersSales (MWh)Revenue ($k)Avg c/kWh
Residential180,3571,962,766212,22610.81
Commercial20,032319,87032,95410.30
Industrial2,7952,081,037160,1297.69
Transportation1791759.51

Counties served in Washington (4)

KingLewisMasonPierce

From the EIA-861 Service Territory file; a listed county can be served in part only.

2025 early release (preliminary, not validated by EIA)

Residential price in Washington: 11.45c/kWh (+0.64c vs 2024 final), 177,554 residential customers; commercial 10.65c; industrial 7.84c. Published 4 August 2026. EIA marks this file "not fully edited, use with caution"; the 2024 final figures above remain the reference.

Nearby and comparable utilities in Washington

Elmhurst Mutual Power & Light CoCooperative, 11.8 mi between territory centroids
15,410 res. accounts 8.32c
Lakeview Light & PowerCooperative, 11.8 mi between territory centroids
8,238 res. accounts 9.91c
Peninsula Light CompanyCooperative, 15.7 mi between territory centroids
35,478 res. accounts 10.50c
PUD No 3 of Mason CountyPolitical Subdivision, 29.1 mi between territory centroids
33,975 res. accounts 13.79c
City of Seattle (WA)Municipal, 36.4 mi between territory centroids
459,964 res. accounts 14.09c
EIA-861 facts, 2024
EIA utility number
18429
Ownership type
Municipal
Data year
2024 final (EIA-861)
Primary state
Washington
Service type
Bundled (Part A)
Bundled residential customers (WA, price basis)
180,357
Residential accounts served (WA)
180,357
All accounts, all sectors (WA)
203,185
Residential price, 2024
10.81 c/kWh
Commercial price, 2024
10.30 c/kWh
Industrial price, 2024
7.69 c/kWh
Transportation price, 2024
9.51 c/kWh
Residential sales
1.96 million MWh
Residential revenue
$212 million
Rank in Washington by residential accounts served
6 of 40
Share of Washington residential sales (MWh, not customers)
5.08%
Washington average, 2024
11.90 c/kWh
Counties served (WA)
4
NERC region
WECC
Balancing authority
TPWR
Reported activities
Generation, Transmission, Buying Transmission, Distribution, Wholesale Marketing
2025 early release (preliminary)
11.45 c/kWh
Change vs 2024 final
+0.64 c/kWh
Registry status
Reported on Form EIA-861 for 2024
Washington today
Residential (June 2026)14.91c
Commercial11.77c
Industrial7.20c
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Energy cost at 10.81c
500 kWh$54.05
750 kWh$81.08
1,000 kWh$108.10
1,500 kWh$162.15

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Source and method

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 Annual, 2024 final data (public domain), retrieved 28 August 2026; prices are average realised revenue per kWh, not tariffs. Final 2024 file f8612024.zip (released 3 December 2025) from the EIA-861 detailed data files. Preliminary 2025 figures come from the early-release file f8612025er.zip (4 August 2026), which EIA has not yet validated; they are labelled as such wherever shown and never mixed into a final figure.

Method: cents per kWh = revenue (thousand dollars) divided by sales (megawatthours), times 100. Customer counts, sales and revenue are the utility's own annual survey responses by state and sector. Bundled = energy plus delivery from one utility; delivery-only = the wires charge for customers who buy energy from a competitive supplier; energy-only = a competitive supplier's energy charge without delivery. County lists come from the EIA-861 Service Territory file; territory centroids used for "nearby utilities" are unweighted means of Census 2023 county centroids. EIA content is in the public domain (EIA copyright and reuse statement); the EIA logo is not used. Corrections: [email protected].